I am a huge fan of the Lakers. My favorite player is Kobe Bryant and I am excited about them having a chance of winning the NBA championship. When I woke up this morning something stirred in my spirit. If they win will I be satisfied? The answer is no. ...so the eyes of man are never satisfied. Proverbs 27:20 When they won three championships in row I was disappointed when they did not win the next year. If they win this year I want them to win next year. I am never satisfied with the now I want more. Same thing happens in college football. I am a fan of USC trojans and when they won two championships in a row I was upset when Texas beat them in the Rose bowl preventing them from winning their third. You see as much as I love sports it never ends. I am always yearning for more. He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. Ecclesiastes 5:10 I then am locked in to the unending cycle of highs and lows that sports brings.
I am writing this to say we must enjoy the present. Enjoy the victories that we obtain in each moment of our life and live a life that is satisfying. If we don't enjoy the journey we will never appreciate the victory. My life is not defined by being a fan of a sports team, it can never be defined by the pleasures of this world. My life is defined by my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Only what I do through Christ last and satisfies. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. Isaiah 55:2-3 I have be saturated in Him not my favorite team because when the season ends. What then? He makes everything enjoyable. I then can watch the game not for satisfaction but for enjoyment. For my satisfaction is in Christ and Christ alone. Knowing it is just a game it not my life. When I am satisfied by God I can enjoy the things God has created for my pleasure. God desires that we all know Him and His plan for our lives. Let us seek God in all things, in every aspect of our life and allow Him to give us the desires of our heart. Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Psalms 37:4 God bless you.
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