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I want to give you one word of warning in closing. You simply can’t say to God, “I want to be satisfied in You so that I can have something else.” That would mean that you are not really satisfied in God but in
something else. And that dishonors God. Genuine affections for God are an end in themselves. I cannot say to my wife: “I feel a strong delight in you—so that you will make me a nice meal.” That is not
way delight works. It terminates on her. It does not have a nice meal in view. I cannot say to my son, “I love playing ball with you—so that you will cut
grass.” If your heart really delights in playing with him, that delight cannot be performed as a means to getting him to do something.
Life in Christ is good, but there are many battles to fight because we are at war. The casualties are millions, and
stakes are eternal. What we need today is not a call to simplicity, but a call to war. We need to think in terms of a “wartime lifestyle” rather than a “simple lifestyle.” Paul said in I Timothy 6:8, “If we have food and covering, with these we shall be content.” A life focused on God--making God
central issue of our lives—is a life that is victorious over every battle in life. Why? Because a God centered believer knows that only God can fight his battles for him if he expects to win. I think it’s time to worship. So, I’ll leave you for now and return tomorrow recharged and ready to take on a new day.
Keep
faith. Stay
course. Jesus is coming soon. Pastor Terry Dashner. (Sources cited available)

Pastors a small church in Broken Arrow, OK. He is published in several law enforcement magazines. He retired from the Tulsa Police Department in September 2003. (918-451-0270)