Our Mission to Enjoy God

Episode Summary. God is so committed to our well-being that he commands us, “Don’t get so busy that you aren’t taking time to find joy in your relationship with me!” That is the Yagel translation of Psalm 37:4, Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart,and Philippians 4:4, Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. In both texts, we are commanded not to be passive but to take action to FIND JOY in our relationship with God. This episode focuses on enjoying God because of who he is—one who has adopted us into his family, becoming our FATHER.

For Further Prayerful Thought: 

1. Why do we have so much trouble believing that when we confess our sins to God he actually separates us from them as far as the east is from the west? Once we’ve brought our sin to God to confess it, which do you think brings stronger motivation not to sin again—continuing to feel guilty or knowing Christ’s blood was shed to fully pay for this sin?
2. Why can God being a perfect disciplinarian lead to joy, since no trial or discipline is enjoyable?
3. Why does it produce joy to realize God doesn’t rebuke you for your weakness but wants you to ask him to be the show his power through that weakness?
4. What life examples lead you to agree or disagree with CS Lewis, who argues that expressing our enjoyment of God to Him in praise is the final step to completing our enjoyment of Him?  

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