Gospel Meditation

James 1:17 "Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow."

When we fall into sin ultimately it is because we have lost sight of the truth that every good and perfect gift is from God. We fall for the deception that somehow the Lord is holding something back from us. He is being stingy. He is what one writer called, 'the Cosmic Killjoy'. The truth is that God has no problem with desires, as a matter of fact, desires are His idea. The only reason you and I have any desires at all is because He gave them to us. When we run after sinful desires, the problem is not that we seek to fulfill desire, the problem is in that pursuit we settle for too little, we settle for something or someone other than Him. John 17:3 says, "...and this is eternal life that they may know You the only true God and Jesus Christ whom you have sent." Let's chase after real satisfaction and fullness, it can only be found in one place, in Jesus.

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The Love of God

" The greatest sorrow and burden you can lay on the Father, the greatest unkindness you can do to Him is not to believe that He loves you." - John Owen This has been my favorite John Owen quote over the past few weeks. He has been recognized by many historians as one of the greatest of all English-speaking theologians. Many of his works have become theological classics. I...

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Desires

God created us as beings with desires. Our problem is not eliminating desires themselves but fulfilling them in nothing less than Christ alone....

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