I was listening to Ravi Zacharias this passed week on the issue of pleasure. What is it in my life that I seek more for the pure pleasure of it than for a pure devotion to God? Is this desire for a pleasure more important to me than pursuing my purpose – that which I was designed for to do? Honestly, I would say that what I have found is there is an area of my life that needs to be surrendered – needs to be healed and put at the foot of the cross. This pleasure point I call it takes up to much of my thought life! Space in my thoughts and life that need to be filled with serving the purpose I have been designed for. This space hog in my life…we can call it sin really, is taking away from my relationship with God. Today I blog this as a confession and recognize it requires more from me than just this blog.
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I was drawn to Psalm 119 this morning… a Psalm about taking pleasure in the Lord, in His faithfulness, His mercy, His love: in the freedom of heart that He gives us. In other words, this Psalm teaches us that pure pleasure, true pleasure, is equivalent to pure devotion to His word. I too, confess that my days and nights are not spent in meditation on His nature and His word, but are filled with thoughts about my pleasures in this world. Let Psalm 119 inspire us all.