Sermons

The idea of delighting in God might feel foreign to you, unless you have read your Bible carefully. It seems that every page is urging us to make God our greatest treasure and to do so in a relationally honest kind of way. In Psalm 73, we read of a man who almost missed this point entirely. He almost spent his life trying to complain his way into heaven. God would have none of that. And praise Him for it!

It is all fine and good to talk about delighting in God. But what if in the midst of that we forget the simplest bits at the very foundation of the concept? We need to be sure that we have our baseline in place before we begin to reach for the heights.

Our world feels like it is divided now as much as ever. With so many things to disagree about, it is no wonder that many in our society find it hard to get along. In the midst of widespread disunity, the church of Christ is to be different. We are not to be marked by our differences, but by our mutual Love for Jesus, and our mutual Love for each other. Love is to be the great identifier of the people of God.

God is not, nor has He ever been, discontent. There has never been, nor will there ever be, a moment God grows bored, frustrated or unfulfilled. So the more we live our lives IN HIM, the more we will enjoy Him and be satisfied IN HIM every day. This is the secret that leads to true contentment, regardless of what life throws at us.

People long to find happiness, but if we look for happiness in the perishable things of this world, our hearts will ultimately be left unsatisfied. The pursuit of infinite happiness is the pursuit of the one true living God.

Life is hard. There is just no way around it. This world is not our home. Yet, God has called on us to delight in Him throughout the trials and troubles. How do we actually do that? David lays out an excellent pattern to show us exactly how he learned to rejoice in God, even when life hurt. We do well to learn from his example.

There is no way to navigate through this fallen world without sinning or being sinned against. That makes extending forgiveness one of the most vital practises of the Christian life. Jesus understood this, and knew how remarkable His own example was in empowering us to forgive from the heart those that sin against us.