Here's an interestingly put question from a podcast listener who writes and asks this

Pastor John, how does our delight in God fuel or provide a stable foundation for our

delight in the good gifts of creation?

I would surprise about this question.

I will try to say something about it with the help of C.S. Lewis in just a minute, but

I would surprise because usually the question goes the other way around.

How can our delight in creation fuel our delight in God so that it doesn't become

idolatry?

I mean, that seems to be the kind of concern that a lot of people have is I love stuff.

So much.

I love pizza and I love friendship and I love nature.

How can that feed my delight in God without becoming, but that's not that's not the question

here.

So I had to kind of redo my brain and say, okay, this is good.

I don't usually ask this kind of question.

It is interesting.

The question is, how does our delight in God fuel or provide a stable foundation for our

delight in creation?

So I'll try to take the question seriously as it stands.

Here's the main thing, believing in God and delighting in God for Himself is the only

way to protect nature or all the good things God has made from being God.

Without belief in God and delight in God as our supreme treasure, we have to treat nature

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