We receive joy and happiness when we are doing something
that we like, such as watching television and playing games. When we are
feeling down or tired of everything in life, we do those things to get satisfaction.
When we get headaches from something, those things may help in relaxing our
minds. When we are tired of using those methods to get satisfaction, we try
other ones to have satisfaction. If the method is watching television, we
probably want to watch a new television programme when it has ended.
Because we create satisfactory methods all the time, we know
that everything is passing away. However, there is only one method that would
not pass away. The method is Jesus Christ. This does not make any sense but if
we realise that He is the eternal One, then it becomes clear. Since believers
have eternal life in Him because of the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ,
they would be resurrected in the end of our physical lives—just like Jesus
Christ after three days of the crucifixion (Romans
8:10-11). Romans
6:5-14 states that the resurrection of Christ provides us eternal life and
resurrection at the last day, so I guess it is quite important to be baptised
if we believe in Jesus Christ.
As we talked about the Holy Spirit being the seal of our eternal
redemption yesterday, the Holy Spirit is actually the Spirit of God but can be
probably known as the Spirit of the life (John
6:63-65) and the Spirit of the freedom (2
Corinthians 3:17) as well. Because
the Holy Spirit is a seal of our eternal redemption (Ephesians
1:13-14) and John
10:1-30 declares that “no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand,” I think those who have received the Holy Spirit cannot permanently lose
the desire of knowing and seeking Jesus Christ. If they lose it, somehow, I
believe the Holy Spirit is going to prompt them to get the desire back.
I watch television or play one of the games to relax my mind
from theology. This does not mean I am tired of doing theology in my mind all
the time. I believe getting headaches if we are consistently focusing on something
is normal thing for humans. I was afraid of doing what I enjoy other than
theology because I might get addictions from them. After a while, I realised
that doing those things are okay for Christians as long as they keep Jesus
Christ as the centre of their lives. I think I only had to delete Pokemon games
because of the addiction. Sometimes, I want to download Pokemon games so badly
but I have to endure my temptation by focusing on Jesus Christ.
To get the desires of knowing and seeking
Jesus Christ, I strongly believe that we should establish Him as the foundation
of hope (Luke
6:46-49; 1
Peter 1:3-9). In other words, if we hope in Christ and trust that He would
never fail, we can enjoy Him all day long. For example, I enjoy reading
devotionals and the Bible because they are about Him. I think I am starting to
enjoy my prayer life as well, due to the fact that prayer is the method of
communicating to God. A couple of weeks ago, I had struggle to rejoice in Jesus
Christ because my eyes of the heart were set in earthly things. As soon as I
set them into eternal things and His written word, I began to rejoice in Him
again.
Search the song called “Turn Your Eyes Upon
Jesus” by Amy Grant and meditate on it and ask yourself questions: “Am I
setting my eyes of the heart on earthly or eternal things? How can I set them
on the eternal things completely as days pass by?” Listen to “This I Believe
(The Creed)” by Hillsong Worship as well. Thank the Lord that we have eternal
life through faith in Jesus Christ!
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