FEELS TOO GOOD TO BE BAD (3 OF 5)
by Joey Rodgers
Scripture: Ecclesiastes 2:1-11
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Feels Too Good to be Bad (3 of 5)
Series: Reality Check
Joey Rodgers
Ecclesiastes 2:1-11
I think by nature, most people are adrenaline junkies - of course, some more than others. So, while I’ve personally never jumped from a perfectly good airplane or bungee jumped off a bridge, I have repelled off a 100 ft cliff, free-climbed, hit a baseball, sacked a QB, mountain biked the Swiss Alps, and snow skied a double black diamond on a glacier in Austria - each time I thoroughly enjoyed the rush of adrenaline. I also should confess that a few years ago while at Victoria Falls in Africa, I came very close to bungee jumping over the Zambezi River, until I remembered that if the fall didn’t kill me - Meg just might! That’s my story and I’m sticking w/ it. I did read this week of a 100-yr old man, S.L. Potter, who in 1993, bungee jumped from a 210 ft. tower outside of San Diego. His first words after getting unharnessed - Can someone please hand me my teeth!
All this to say, that by nature it’s w/in us all to crave pleasure/adventure - to find fulfillment in what we think can satisfy our souls. We’re equipped for seeking and fulfilling our desires. And while God has given us this gift to be enjoyed, we have to be vigilant that it never gets corrupted/perverted - or else it can take over quickly to rule/drive our lives to seek after our lusts/desires instead of seeking after God.
Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us w/ everything for our enjoyment... (it goes on to say) so they may take hold of the life that’s truly life. 1 Timothy 6:17f
We’re currently in a series in the book of Ecclesiastes entitled - Reality Check, learning about the meaning and value of life under the sun when we include God and when we exclude God. Ecclesiastes is an O.T. Gospel tract to teach us that no matter what ISM we try, we can’t make it w/out ...
Series: Reality Check
Joey Rodgers
Ecclesiastes 2:1-11
I think by nature, most people are adrenaline junkies - of course, some more than others. So, while I’ve personally never jumped from a perfectly good airplane or bungee jumped off a bridge, I have repelled off a 100 ft cliff, free-climbed, hit a baseball, sacked a QB, mountain biked the Swiss Alps, and snow skied a double black diamond on a glacier in Austria - each time I thoroughly enjoyed the rush of adrenaline. I also should confess that a few years ago while at Victoria Falls in Africa, I came very close to bungee jumping over the Zambezi River, until I remembered that if the fall didn’t kill me - Meg just might! That’s my story and I’m sticking w/ it. I did read this week of a 100-yr old man, S.L. Potter, who in 1993, bungee jumped from a 210 ft. tower outside of San Diego. His first words after getting unharnessed - Can someone please hand me my teeth!
All this to say, that by nature it’s w/in us all to crave pleasure/adventure - to find fulfillment in what we think can satisfy our souls. We’re equipped for seeking and fulfilling our desires. And while God has given us this gift to be enjoyed, we have to be vigilant that it never gets corrupted/perverted - or else it can take over quickly to rule/drive our lives to seek after our lusts/desires instead of seeking after God.
Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us w/ everything for our enjoyment... (it goes on to say) so they may take hold of the life that’s truly life. 1 Timothy 6:17f
We’re currently in a series in the book of Ecclesiastes entitled - Reality Check, learning about the meaning and value of life under the sun when we include God and when we exclude God. Ecclesiastes is an O.T. Gospel tract to teach us that no matter what ISM we try, we can’t make it w/out ...
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