As we wrap up this week-long focus, seeking to answer the important question, why should we spend

time alone with God? Today we're going to look at how God provides freedom through simply enjoying

him. I hope and pray that chains weighing you down to the cares and sins of the world fall off of you today

as we follow the spirit down a path to more fully enjoying God.

Welcome to the first of team podcast. Our verse of today comes from 2 Corinthians 5, verse 17.

Scripture says,

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.

The old is passed away.

Behold, the new has come.

You were created to enjoy God.

The Westminster Shorter Catechism says, man's chief end is to glorify God and enjoy

him forever. And David wrote in Psalm 1611, You make known to me the path of life. In your presence,

there is fullness of joy. At your right hand, our pleasures forevermore.

We were designed to seek enjoyment in God. We were made to delight ourselves in His goodness,

his provision, the wonders of his creation, and the simplicity of his unconditional love.

So important, so powerful is finding enjoyment in God,

that it has the power to set us free from sin.

You see, when we don't seek enjoyment in God,

we will naturally seek it in the world. We can't live our lives apart from

pleasure. We aren't created to live without happiness, love, passion, and joy. Most of us have been

indoctrinated to the idea that we sin because we aren't controlled enough.

We believe that if we could just get rid of a need for pleasure or enjoyment, we'd be free.

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