Something We Want

We really do need to have these personal exhortations, as well as some time reviewing our position in Christ , and Gods greatness. If we dwell on these attributes of God we will begin to have this new sense that God is faithful, loving, full of mercy, who is a forgiving God. If we dwell on the love of God, we will begin to understand that He is deeply concerned about our moods and the state of our hearts. One of the problems that we have is that we cannot get past our anxiety, or fear, or pride and so we feel as if there is a constant pressure on our hearts. And we never really get to the bottom of our hearts.
And in our natural state we are always ready to blame ourselves , or out of a sense of inferiority we blame others because we are tied down to these finite loves. We are not even aware that Gods love is really a love that we can enjoy as if we were basking in the sun, with little anxiety and our minds are at peace, our hearts are rejoicing and we are in a state of resting in Christ.
So we really need to understand how to talk to God, what the enemies that dwell inside of each of us , because we are all different. But there are some who give into fear, there are some who covet so much, there are some who are depressed, there are some who are self fulfilled. All of these areas is what brings about a weighted heart. The whole point of us being in a relationship with Christ is that He takes the burdens of our heart and gives us a glorious illumination of His person by speaking to us through His word and revealing to us His love for us and His control over our circumstances.
Preaching to ourselves is what is really important. We need to pour out our hearts to Him. We need to seek Him all day long. We need to get to a place where we are rejoicing in Him. He has given us attributes that make living in His presence in a profound way a reality. He has given us memories, he has give us a mind to think about Him, he has given us a tongue to praise Him, and he has given us a promise that He will hear us. He has given us ears to hear Him. It is understanding how to use these gifts that brings about more experience of His smile.

In obeying Him we long for His law, we long for His presence, we long for His leading us into the way of truth. We hate false tongues, we hate sin, we hate idols. In hating idols we must know how to replace the good experiences we get from having something as an idol and have the Spirit etch into our experience a more profound memory. Once we have sweet times with the Spirit the idols will begin to look dead to us. As they really are.