Highlights: The Pathway to Paradise - Psalm 16
Finding God in the Psalms (Episode 54)
The most unhappy people in the world are not those who have nothing, but those who have everything and have learned that it doesn’t make any difference.
Paradise is an ever-receding horizon.
Paradise is not a place, it’s a Person.
Every vision of “the life we’ve always wanted” that does not have God at the center is a mirage.
What will the Age to Come be like? The Age to Come will not be less than we now have but infinitely more! All that is golden in this life…All that is satisfying, valuable, beautiful, exhilarating, pleasurable, wonderful will not just be included in the Age to Come but will far exceed what we now experience.
There is a path of life that leads without a break into the presence of God and into eternal paradise. It’s the path of friendship with God. God is not one to give up his children, his friends. You can take that to the bank! The journey from refugee to the right hand of God begins with a choice. It requires a choice. David made his here. He swore loyalty - fealty to YHWH - the true King of Israel. “I have no good apart from you.” It’s the beginning of the path that leads to the only paradise that will ever exist. We can make that same commitment in our own time to one who is the King and Lord over all - the risen Savior, Jesus Christ. Our sworn oath of fealty to Jesus is the first step we all need to take on the path that leads to paradise.
Think of the greatest pleasures and joys of this life, the most euphoric moments. These are all just toys, stuffed animals, childish clothes and books. These are all just minuscule tokens, the tiniest of down-payments…flickering foreshadowings of far more real, robust and lasting pleasures. Because, one day we will be in his presence, where there are joys and pleasures forevermore. When God is your Father and Friend, you have it all. The reason we crave the joys and pleasures of this life is because sometimes they look a little bit like the paradise that will be ours one day in his presence.
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