Ah, for His glory and delight!
When my thinking is completely devoted to God, I find myself in His presence. The more I am in His presence, the more I desire Him. Renewing my mind can only better renew and transform my heart. (Piper 2010, 86). The true treasure and “fires of delight” are God Himself. The delight is being in His very presence. The more we know about who we love the more we love who we know. As we grow in our love of God, the second commandment naturally follows. We are to love our neighbor. So what might the fires of delight look like in Asia?
I have lots of neighbors in Asia, in Thailand, in Chiang Mai, in Soi 7. So I’m getting to know them, invite them into my home, share a meal with them. As I get to know them, I’m learning to love them. This is becoming a familiar process. It starts with my first learning to better love God with my mind. I’ve learned that this is a daily routine involving His word, prayer, and fellowship. Then the application that naturally follows is my truly loving of others. Sometimes people notice when they are loved. God certainly does. And it pleases Him.
In our international home group, we first studied how believers can be deceived. We learned that it starts and finishes in our thinking. Now we are starting a new study on prayer. God said to pray without ceasing. He has said this, and modeled much more, in His Word. We intend to know more about this command to pray. Prayer, at its best, is praying in agreement with the will, or the mind of God. To pray the mind of Christ requires knowing more of that mind, knowing Him, thinking His thoughts, His way, for His purposes. It comes back to the knowing God is loving God. We are created to be intimate with God. We are created in His image.
We are created to know, and to love God. He started it.
Good night, and thanks for listenig
