One thing I ask from the LORD, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and to seek Him in his temple. Psalm 27:4
“Everyone would have something, such perhaps as we are ashamed to utter: the proud man would have a certain thing, honor; the covetous man would have a certain thing, too, wealth and abundance; the malicious would have a certain thing, revenge on his enemies; the epicure would have pleasure and a long life; the barren, children; the wanton, beauty; each would be humored in his own desire, though in opposition both to God’s will and his own good.”
Joseph Hall (1574-1656) in Day’s Collacon, compiled and arranged by Edward Parsons Day (New York: IPPO, 1884) 178.
Is there a certain thing that you desire? On trips like this one that I have enjoyed with my son, Sammy, I am reminded that every fly fisherman desires to catch fish, and we caught many of them. But for our own good we must have one desire above all others. We must make the LORD our greatest desire.
What’s this got to do with generosity? We will never be generous if our desires are linked to things. God’s will for our lives is that we desire Him above all else, when we do, we are rightly positioned to enjoy and share His good gifts. In the days to come we hope to make videos of our trip. We made memories worth enjoying and sharing.