Seeking Ultimate Pleasure
Yesterday at Revolution Church we talked about the role of pleasure in our obedience to Jesus. All too often, when we think about obeying we slant it in a very negative light by saying it is about duty instead of joy. However, when you read the Bible, God asks us to obey not because He is trying to restrict our joy and pleasure but actually to enhance it. Think about it in terms of raising your kids. You do not discipline them because it is fun to do so but rather you do it because you want the best for them. You want them to be happy and to have a great life and you know better than they do how to get that. The same is true with us and God. He is the ultimate Father and laid out life in such a way that when we obey Him it leads to our joy and pleasure.
So when you think about living your life according to the Bible, you must reprogram your heart to see that it is less about duty and more about your own pleasure and satisfaction. We are commanded in 1 John 2:15-17 to not love the world and that literally means to not take pleasure in what it offers us. I don’t know if you have realized this yet or not but that is impossible to do unless there is something else that we are taking MORE PLEASURE in. The reason God commands that of us is because He knows there is no greater thing to take pleasure in than Jesus. Jesus is the ultimate satisfaction of our souls and until we experience Him we will continue to go after lesser pleasures.
The highlight of yesterday, was when at the end of the service we asked our men to come down front for a gift. Then we gave all of them a MAN CARD and challenged them to lead their families in this pursuit of joy. We then prayed for them to have the courage to be the man God desires for them to be. Thank you guys for coming down and letting us commit together to be godly men.
Here are the sermon notes:
Seeking Ultimate Pleasure (60)
JASON YOU HAVE DEFINITELY IMPRESSED ME WITH YOUR POST I HAVE HERD MANY OF THESE SAME MESSAGES IN MY HEART FROM THE LORD TO LEAD ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND THOSE I LOVE AND THOSE I HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH . I AM THANKFUL FOR THE LORDS TEACHING THREW YOU . GOD BLESS YOU .
The crazy thing is God lead me to a similar message at COREweek this past week. I’m just now reading yours, it’s like there is one in control of it all. But even after teaching it myself your words echo in my spirit bro. May we strive all the harder to seek the ONLY ultimate pleasure…Jesus.
That is awesome man. God does speak in stereo and He normally does so for a reason. Maybe it is because what I just read in Jeremiah 2:5 that says” They went after worthless idols and became worthless themselves” God knows that when we seek pleasure elsewhere it actually leads to worthlessness.