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Enjoy, but remember…

Posted in Benefits, Christ, Explanations, Faith, Things, tagged , , on January 13, 2012| Leave a Comment »

…Be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; – 1st Timothy 6:17

“Christ, …is our life” — Colossians 3:4

[All the faithful saints before us] … confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth — Hebrews 11:13

God gives us “richly all things to enjoy”! We must, however, hold them loosely for though they come into our lives, they are NOT our lives — Christ is; we are just passing through, and so are they.

God picks us up, gives us what (and who) we need for as long as we need, then it/they/we move on. Trying to hold too tightly brings worry, fear, and eventual grief.

— fritz

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My Privilege

Posted in Benefits, Encouragement, Endurance, In Christ, tagged on December 7, 2011| Leave a Comment »

… God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities. — Acts 3:26b

Turning from sin and self-centeredness is a blessing to me not God. Prayer is my privilege.

God allows me (us) to enjoy Him, to worship Him, to do the right and moral thing — not because it makes His life easier but because it benefits me (us).

What a blessing to enjoy Him, to bask in His love, to walk in His fellowship, to know His people, to do things that have lasting value, to have an eternal home.

— fritz

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Benefits – Satisfaction

Posted in Belief, Benefits, Bible, C.S.Lewis, Satisfaction, tagged on July 7, 2011| Leave a Comment »

“and forget not all his benefits: … Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things;” – Psalms 103:2b,5

We begin life experiencing everything through our mouths. Ever watch an infant with a new toy? — straight to the mouth in a quest to know how it tastes, how it feels to the tongue.

God offers satisfaction for daily experience of life. We stop trying to fill a void and start enjoying what he continuously gives.

C.S.Lewis expressed it this way,

“Indeed, if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that our Lord finds our desires, not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.” – Mere Christianity

— fritz@langgang.com

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