Man was created to find his joy in God in a uniquely intimate-personal
way and to thus reflect the glory of God throughout the universe for all
eternity. Therefore God commands us to “Delight
yourself in the Lord” (Ps. 37:4) and to “Rejoice in the Lord always” (Phil.
4:4). Anything less than ultimate joy in God, above all other enjoyments in your
life, is idolatry! The heart of idolatry is not that we fail to serve and obey
God, but that we do not find our ultimate joy in Him. Obedience is a fruit of joy in God. It is only as I behold the glory of Christ in
the gospel (2 Kor. 3:18) that joy in God increasingly becomes the heartbeat of
my entire life. Man was made to be a container and reflector of the infinite
beauty of God. But to do so without passion and joy would be the ultimate
insult to the glory of God, and would utterly defeat the purpose.
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