God made us to know Him, and knowing Him is the greatest privilege and pleasure anyone can know. Today’s reading from The Kingdom Turn is found on page 131:
“The Kingdom of God is Good News because it ushers all who receive it into God’s good plan for their lives, a plan which brings them, among other things, pleasures forevermore.
“Human beings were made out of and into the goodness of God. It pleased God to create human beings, to establish them within an environment overflowing with goodness and abundance, and to promise them all the pleasures of everlasting life in His presence and according to His will.
“God created people to know pleasure – to enjoy life, to delight in human intimacy and community, in making and enjoying new and beautiful things, partaking of creation’s bounty, wondering at the diversity, splendor, colors, majesty, power, and potential of the vast cosmos, and engaging in good, satisfying, and wholesome work unto the Lord.
“God intends people to enjoy life, and the Good News of the Kingdom of God is that enjoying life and all its pleasures, just as God originally intended, is within the reach of all who have made the Kingdom turn by believing in Jesus for forgiveness, salvation, and eternal life.”
For reflection or discussion
1. What is it like to enter into the pleasure of God? How does that make us feel?2. How can believers help one another know more of the pleasure of the Lord?
Pleasure is not a bad word; it’s not even a merely self-centered word. Pleasure is what God knows in Himself, and it’s what He intends for those who know Him. In His Presence is fullness of joy, and pleasures forevermore, wrote the psalmist. Share today’s podcast with a friend. Then get together to discuss it. You can order a copy of The Kingdom Turn by going to The Ailbe Bookstore.
T. M. Moore
