The sad thing is, these kinds of people focus on fun all their lives; they never stop seeking adventure and pleasurable things to boast about to others.
These people are never truly happy because their happiness is based on adventures. When we are mature and wise, our joy comes from the normal things in life; there is no need for adventures.
1 Corinthians 13:11 "11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things."
Pleasure in our day is sought after more than anything else. From observing life as a 70's something, I see those who seek after pleasure remaining immature in their conversations and responses to life all their lives. They lack a sober and contemplative mindset that evaluates things rationally and in truth.
There is more joy in the heart of those who do not need adventures. Their enjoyment is based on everyday normal life and God's principles, not on anything extraneous to impress others.
Ephesians 4:14 "Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming."
Hebrews 5:12-14 "Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to reteach you the basic principles of God’s word. You need milk, not solid food! For everyone who lives on milk is still an infant, inexperienced in the message of righteousness. But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil."
1 Peter 2:2 "Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,"
If we are to grow in holiness and maturity, we will seek Christ and not the pleasures of this world. If we choose the pleasures, God is going to bring trials to wake us up to remind us of what is important.
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