Diamonds or Sand?

It has been a while since I blogged, actually over a year. I have decided to pick up the torch and write something at least twice a month.

I was in church this past Sunday and the preacher delivered a sermon that has got me thinking about my greatest desires in life.

Andrew Hunter, in his message said that the reason why humankind would choose sin over God is because we do not know who this God is. He gave the analogy of a bag of sands versus a bad of diamonds and said that the only reason someone would choose the former over the latter is because they do not know the value of diamonds.

I searched my heat in that moment and was brought to the words of Asaph the psalmist:

"Whom have I in heaven but You? And I have no delight or desire on earth beside You." (Psalm 73:25 Amplified).
The Message says: "You're all I want in heaven! You're all I want on earth!"

Now it is one thing to say: God is all I want in heaven. I mean, what more could you want there? But knowing the deceitfulness of riches, the lusts and worries of this world here on earth, Asaph boldly declares that God is ALL he wants on earth.

There are so many voices, pleasures, desires locked up in this world and our flesh that pull us into a pool of sin and make our hearts non-responsive to the beat of God' heart.

I then ask myself: Is God all I want in this world? Is He all we truly want from the depth of our souls?

May we be like Moses, who,

Aroused by faith, when he had grown to maturity,refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, because he preferred to share the oppression [suffer the hardships] and bear the shame of the people of God rather than to have the fleeting enjoyment of a sinful life. He valued suffering in the Messiah's camp far greater than Egyptian wealth because he was looking ahead, anticipating the payoff. (Hebrews 11:24-26 AMP + MSG)

May we be like David who,
Asked God for one thing,
only one thing:
To live with him in his house
my whole life long.
I'll contemplate his beauty;
I'll study at his feet." (Psalm 27:4 The Message)

May we be become so passionate for God and His name that we will see the pleasures of this world counting as nothing compared to God's glory!

God Bless.