write an SEO friendly opener for this blog post: Have you thought about how people naturally want to find joy and pleasure? We are actually hard-wired to want joy to the fullest and pleasure forever, but finding it is not reality in this broken world, is it?
Instead, we often lack joy in the day to day, and when we go through trials it’s like happiness and pleasure elude us.
On top of that, the things we seek to find joy and pleasure in are often not good for us.
🤦🏻‍♀️ Confession time… Who, like me, gravitates to these types of comforts when stressed out or burdened? 🙋🏻‍♀️ Retail therapy, coffee, our favorite food indulgence, quiet time and a bubble bath, Netflix binge, or perhaps something more harmful to our physical or spiritual lives. Deep down we know those things don’t bring joy to the full and eternal pleasure.
The answer lies in knowing God personally.
YOU MAKE KNOWN TO ME THE PATH OF LIFE;
IN YOUR PRESENCE THERE IS FULLNESS OF JOY;
AT YOUR RIGHT HAND ARE PLEASURES FOREVERMORE. PSALM 16:11 (ESV)
What’s neat is that for this whole NAME_1 is telling us amazing attributes of God and how knowing God has radically changed his life. This last verse really sums up what he’s learned: the promise of life, joy, and pleasure is found in knowing God - being in His very presence!
