As our regulars know, our vision is; ‘Bringing glory to God by calling all to delight in Him as their ultimate treasure’. My question today is, how are WE going at enjoying God? For our ability to delight in God directly affects our enthusiasm to call others to do the same. So if we wish to be enjoying God, below are the 3 main things we MUST be doing.
To begin with, we must be praying for this. Like everything in the Christian life, the ability to enjoy God is fully reliant on God’s Spirit transforming our hearts to be able to. So please place near the top of your daily prayers a request to enjoy God, for as Jesus says in Luke 11:13:
“If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
Second, we need to be looking for things to enjoy about God each and every day. If we wish to treasure God above our idols (e.g. TV, money, work, family), then we MUST actually be enjoying Him more each day than we do other things. If we spend no time with the Lord, but several hours a day in front of a screen, then it is no wonder we delight in our screen time more than the Lord. So each day, think of 1 or 2 things you find amazing about God (e.g. his size, his power, his goodness, his forgiveness, his willingness to suffer for us), and turn that into a prayer of praise or thanksgiving.
Thirdly, ensure you are at church EARLY every week, so you do not miss the praise and adoration section of our service. While we sing songs of praise and pray throughout the service, the opening section of our time each week is dedicated to enjoying God through prayer and singing. Again, is it any wonder we don’t enjoy God if we miss the specific time in the service dedicated to this. So may we put these 3 pivotal points into action, and start to really enjoy God!
