The unregenerate mind is ignorant of the believer s hope. He scoffs at it. His own vain hopes are grounded in sand, while he reviles at the believer s sure hope. My tears have unto me been meat, both in the night and day, While unto me continually, Where is thy God they say. It was this that cut them to the heart .
Unregenerate man seeks a heaven of undefined happiness.
Such a hope is equally undefined. However, the believer has an assured hope, a hope that is definite - of which the world has no desire nor knowledge, i.e. to be like Christ. To serve God is a delight to the believer. He seeks to be conformed to the image of Christ, and such is not a burden to him. Ruth was found gleaning in the field of Boaz from the morning through the day - this was her delight as she was with the Lord s people.