Currently, each morning, as part of my personal devotions, I read a portion of George Muller’s Journal and The Biography of Robert Murray McCheyne by Andrew Bonar.

Years ago my pastor indicated that, other than the Bible itself, it is essential that followers of Christ regular consume the inspirational stories of great men and women of God.

FB Meyer in his work The Secret of Guidance writes,

We may still further secure the same results by studying the biography of saintly men belonging to recent centuries. Happy the man within reach of a library, the shelves of which are well lined with books of holy biography! He will never, never be in want of additional stimulus as he reads the story of McCheyne and W. C. Burns, of Brainerd and Martyn, of Jonathan Edwards and others. He will not envy or repine; but he will constantly lift eye and heart to Heaven, asking that as much may be done through himself.

This morning Andrew Bonar described Robert Murray McCheyne’s “living a disinterested life,”

As it was evident that his Master owned his labor abundantly, by giving him seals of his apostleship, attempts were made occasionally by zealous friends to induce him to move to other fields of service. In all these cases, he looked simply at the apparent indications of the Lord’s will. Worldly interest seemed scarcely ever to cross his mind in regard to such a matter, for he truly lived a disinterested life.

Question: Why was he “disinterested” in the things of this world?
Answer: Because he grasped Scripture:

Viewing himself as only a temporary resident here
Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul. (1 Peter 1:21)

Recognizing his citizenship was in heaven
But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. (Philippians 3:20)

Setting his mind on heavenly things
Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. (Colossians 3:2-3)

Let us strive, as well, to live a “disinterested life.”