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FOREVER JOY (May 09, 2025)
Manage episode 481360082 series 2369722
Savoring the creamy richness of delectable milk chocolate.
Settling into the plush leather of a luxury car.
Dangling your feet in the stunningly blue water of a South Pacific lagoon.
What do these very different life experiences have in common? Each is richly imaged for us by adroit advertisers who correctly sense how desperately we seek relief from everyday hecticity.
We need something to break the cycle: we need a respite from the crushing stress.
But the Word of God reminds us that we manufacture most of all that pains us. “For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard” (Rom 3:23). Our essential uneasiness results from years of choosing the fleeting pleasures of this moment over the joys of God’s eternal friendship.
Is there a better answer than smooth chocolate, deep leather and Tahitian sunsets? “God, in His grace, freely makes us right in His sight. He did this through Christ Jesus when He freed us from the penalty for our sins” (Rom 3:24). “All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all” (Isa 53:6).
Grace is an enduring delight because the Lord is risen. The pleasure of His freedom lasts forever.
So stay in grace. -Bill Knott
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Manage episode 481360082 series 2369722
Savoring the creamy richness of delectable milk chocolate.
Settling into the plush leather of a luxury car.
Dangling your feet in the stunningly blue water of a South Pacific lagoon.
What do these very different life experiences have in common? Each is richly imaged for us by adroit advertisers who correctly sense how desperately we seek relief from everyday hecticity.
We need something to break the cycle: we need a respite from the crushing stress.
But the Word of God reminds us that we manufacture most of all that pains us. “For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard” (Rom 3:23). Our essential uneasiness results from years of choosing the fleeting pleasures of this moment over the joys of God’s eternal friendship.
Is there a better answer than smooth chocolate, deep leather and Tahitian sunsets? “God, in His grace, freely makes us right in His sight. He did this through Christ Jesus when He freed us from the penalty for our sins” (Rom 3:24). “All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all” (Isa 53:6).
Grace is an enduring delight because the Lord is risen. The pleasure of His freedom lasts forever.
So stay in grace. -Bill Knott
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