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🗓️ 17 November 2015
⏱️ 14 minutes
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0:00.0 | A listener named Fennel writes in, |
0:07.3 | Hello Pastor John, |
0:08.8 | if Christ is the only one that can truly satisfy |
0:11.2 | my hunger for joy, |
0:13.4 | why then do I seek to excel in what I do? |
0:16.6 | What I do brings me joy, |
0:18.2 | and I also feel like it brings glory to God too, |
0:20.8 | but I get confused about joy. |
0:22.6 | If God is my joy, |
0:23.8 | why do I care in making the perfect meal |
0:26.0 | or writing the best paper for academia? |
0:28.9 | Thank you for any help you have to offer. |
0:30.5 | What would you say to Fennel? |
0:34.2 | I love this question, |
0:35.4 | and I've found myself as I was thinking about it, |
0:38.6 | just soaring. |
0:41.2 | I love to think about the relationships |
0:44.2 | of the enjoyment of God |
0:46.5 | with the things that God has made |
0:49.1 | and the activities he designed as to perform. |
0:51.4 | I mean, this question is so unbelievably important. |
0:55.2 | So I, however, empathize with Fennel's perplexity. |
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