ENJOY ALL THINGS
God the Father, Jesus Christ the Son, and the Holy Spirit enjoy you just as you are. You are the joy of their life. Yes, You! Before the creation of the earth, of the world, God made a choice to love and enjoy everybody created on this earth. He didn’t put a requirement on His love for you. He chose to love and enjoy you. Yes, of course, there is something you have to do in response to His love. But it is so easy, so simple. All you have to do is accept Him and His love and His sacrifice for you on the cross in order to enjoy the full benefits of His love and joy. Now hard is that!
I have been meditating two scriptures that I want to share with you that God dropped in my heart in the shower the other day. They are both related to the word “richly” and they came about as a result of the word “enjoy.” I have personalized them for my own meditation.
In the King James Bible, 1 Timothy 6:17b, we are told that …the living God gives us richly all things to enjoy. In the Amplified Bible we are told that God richly and ceaselessly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.
Colossians 3:16,15 tells us to let the word of Christ dwell in us (have its home in our hearts and minds) richly in all wisdom. We are to let the peace of God rule in our hearts.
Rule: Act as umpire continually, deciding and settling with finality all questions that arise in my mind.
The Greek word for richly in the Strong’s Concordance means copiously, abundantly. It comes from the word that means wealthy; figuratively, it means abounding with. It comes from the root word which means wealth as fullness, money, possessions; figuratively it means abundance, richness, specifically it can mean valuable, bestowments, riches.
Today settle it with finality that God gives you richly, abundantly ALL THINGS TO ENJOY. He ceaselessly provides you with everything for your enjoyment. My dear reader, that does include earthly stuff such as money and possessions. Wealth is no big deal to God as long as it does not become a big deal to you. It is simply a tool that God uses to bring His good news to everyone and at the same time to make provision for our enjoyment.
ENJOY ALL THINGS!