I Want Jesus to Be My Treasure — Is the Wanting Enough?

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John Piper, Unknown, 163859, Pastor, Ask, Theology, Desiring God, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Questions

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🗓️ 24 April 2019

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Our satisfaction in God will be in measure, not in fullness, until the day we see him face-to-face.

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0:00.0	I want Christ to be the treasure of my life.
0:07.5	In fact, I have to find the wanting of Him to be my treasure a more common reality in
0:11.8	my life than the actual act of treasuring and enjoying Him as my treasure.
0:18.3	Is such an experience normative?
0:19.9	It's a really important question, and this time it comes from a podcast listener named
0:24.6	Kai.
0:25.6	Hello, Pastor John.
0:27.2	I keep hearing your answers on this podcast, talking about how we need to enjoy God's
0:31.7	glory and be satisfied in Jesus and embrace Him as our treasure.
0:35.8	But it cannot seem to manage it.
0:37.5	I always want Jesus.
0:39.2	I always want to glorify God.
0:41.9	It is always my ambition to do so, but I almost never feel as though I actually have Jesus
0:46.5	or love the glory of God.
0:48.5	I feel like I'm always wanting and recognizing my lack without being satisfied by Him.
0:54.6	Is this normal?
0:55.9	Is my experience normal?
0:59.0	Back in the 80s, 1980s, when I was thinking about writing a book, actually they were
1:06.1	sermons first on Christian hedonism.
1:09.8	What would become my life, passion and ministry?
1:13.8	I wondered, what should I call it?
1:17.2	J.I.
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