It is a sermon done by Francis Chan, the author of Crazy Love (a book I desperately want to read!).
He asked this question:
"Is it Christ that you love right now? Is it Him you desire? I don't mean this concept of God like some of us are in love with this concept that there is this being up there; all-powerful who has shown us grace. I'm not saying that, I'm saying HIM. It's not loving the concept, the idea of God, the idea of forgiveness, it's loving Jesus Himself. The very person of God, are you in love with Him?" He continues on to quote Jon Piper's God is the Gospel
"If you could have Heaven with everything; No pain, no sickness anymore, all the physical pleasures, the best food you could have, no trials, the best scenery but Jesus wasn't there...would you be happy? Would you be content? Is it the stuff that He offers that you want or is it Him? See God himself if the Gospel, it is Him we should love."
I found it to be a quiet reminder, telling me that though God's blessings are so rich and awesome in my life....it is essentially HIM that I should love. What am I in love with? His blessings or Him? Oh it was so good to have some self-introspection and be cut to the heart. Thank you, Lord.When all my blessings are stripped away (it could happen) I want to be just as in love with Jesus as I am now. He desires a relationship with me, everything else is just a bonus in this small thing called life .
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