The Light Beyond the Light

Solid Joys Daily Devotional

Desiring God

Joy, Unknown, Devotional, Desiring God, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Christianity, Daily Devotional, 163859, Religion & Spirituality, Solid Joys, Jesus, John Piper

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🗓️ 18 May 2023

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Don’t replace Christ this summer with trifles. Seek the things that are above. Flight from Christ into Christless leisure makes the soul parched.

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0:00.0	May 18, the light beyond the light.
0:04.5	If then you have been raised with Christ,
0:07.4	seek the things that are above, where Christ is,
0:11.1	seated at the right hand of God.
0:13.4	Set your minds on things that are above,
0:16.0	not on things that are on the earth,
0:17.9	Colossians 3, 1 and 2.
0:21.9	Jesus Christ is refreshing.
0:26.2	So seek the things that are above.
0:28.6	Don't replace Christ this summer with trifles.
0:33.6	Flight from Christ into Christless leisure
0:38.8	makes the soul parched.
0:42.6	At first, it may feel like freedom and fun
0:45.4	to skip on prayer and neglect the word.
0:49.6	But then we pay.
0:51.9	Shallowness, powerlessness, vulnerability to sin,
0:57.4	preoccupation with trifles, superficial relationships,
1:02.6	and a frightening loss of interest in worship
1:07.4	and the things of the Spirit.
1:10.4	Don't let the coming of summer make your soul shrivel.
1:15.6	God made summer as a foretaste of heaven, not a substitute.
1:21.3	If the mailman brings you a love letter from your fiance,
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