The Great Commandments - Pleasure & Desire, Part 6

(Number 8 in a series, see numbers 1,2,3,4,5,6,7)


Another part of the definition of 'pleasure' is: excitement, relish, or happiness produced by enjoyment.


THINGS I ENJOY DOING

1. Reading
2. Studying
3. Writing
4. Resting
5. Eating
6. Snuggling
7. Basketball
8. Cooking
9. Spending time with Family/Friends
10. Traveling

There are plenty of things I enjoy doing in this lifetime but I limited my list to only 10 for now. However, let's just think about these 10 for a minute. These 10 sometimes engage my body or heart, but all 10 engage my mind.

Where did our ability to think, dream, create, learn, absorb and process information, memorize, relate and connect with others, make decisions, plan and strategize, command our bodies to function, calculate, organize thoughts, invent, and communicate come from?

ANSWER: God the Father, Creator of Heaven and Earth!

We cannot help but love the One from whom our life springs forth when we ponder all that He has given us? We cannot help but love the One who holds the blueprints for all of life and who controls and commands the universe, when we considered all that He has made. But we must ponder and consider first.

When we connect all that is, and all we are, with the Divine Creator, we see His power, majesty, love, and relational desire for us, and that love draws us in. When we really see how far His love for us has gone, all the way to the cross; we fall in love with our Maker BECAUSE of what He has done for us and BECAUSE of his love for us.

When we really grasp that love, sacrifice, and all-mighty power we are left breathless, humbled, and forever dependent. My heart wants to put Him first, to love Him above all else, to be forever in His good graces and, yet, I know I will struggle to do this. But just as He has provided for everything else in life, He has also provided the fail safe, in Jesus, to cover what I cannot do.

I am starting to see more completely WHY I should love my Lord more than anything else, and I desire to do so. Nevertheless, I also see my inability to consistently do so and I have to rely on Him for help, even in this task.

May your mind connect your heart to the Creator and to all of His work, so that you will forever want to pursue God that way He pursues you!