Pure Delight

1 John 2: 15-17Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.  The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever. Col.3:1If then you were raised with Christ,seek those things which are above,where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. When it comes to 'stuff' much wants more,and yet is never satisfied!When it comes to the things of God He has enoughto satisfy all of us for all eternity!No need to want what the other one has(unlike two little boys playing with tractors! 😅💓) Love brings no satisfaction to devotion and delightIf its primal attraction is to seek and serve by sightIf what we long and strive for here, is temporal at bestIf fulfillment we live for, dear, is not Supremely blessed …by He who made and loves us and who knows us, heart and soulWho placed within the glove of us a Faith-in-Him shaped holeA love-the-Lord-thy-God-with-all-thy-heart-soul-strength-and-mind-abyss; that, though we gain the world, we are Heaven-designed And thus, to find true happiness, true hope, joy, peace and loveWe first must pursue righteousness/godliness and seek Those Things AboveWith uttermost humility and thankfulness, and thenWe will find more delight than we thought possible. Amen © Janet Martin From Streams in the Desert Vol.2