Some people are teaching young people to have their fun before getting married, have their fun before having children, because one day they will have to stop having fun, so do it while you can.
The sad truth about this mentality is that life is not about fun. It's about living life for God and for Spiritual and emotional growth so that when old age arrives, we will be full of wisdom and insight.
The wisdom and insight do not come from pleasure, so any growth is delayed until there is sobering of the heart that desires to put away childish pleasures to begin learning about life and truth.
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."
Many, perhaps most people today are delaying their wisdom, remaining spiritual and emotinal infants. By the time they should have it, they have developed a full life experience of avoiding it to have fun. The habit of a lifetime is pleasure. Not only has wisdom been avoided it has been interpreted into modern language that elevates play above everything else.
2 Timothy 2:22 So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart."
1 Corinthians 10:7 "Do not be idolaters as some of them were; as it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.”
Life with Christ is full of pleasures that flow from love, developing relationships on the mutual pursuit of working together for the greater good. Seeking God for His purposes, serving others as led by Christ.
Every day is a blessing and an adventure when we live for Christ. Our adventures are simple and uncomplicated. We see the children playing in the yard, the deer walking through, the rabbits in the grass, the smell of freshly cut grass, and the birds that are singing. Things we don't have to chase after but are right in front of us are God's blessings and joy we carry every single day.
There are more blessings, such as the joy of sharing with a friend their heartache or their accomplishments. My husband says frequently, "A shared blessing is a blessing doubled, and a shared grief is half a grief.
When we share with one another the experiences of life, we strengthen and encourage one another. This is a lost art in our day, with everyone wanting to share their own stuff with no interest in the experiences of others.
Why do so many want to share about themselves but are uninterested in others? The answer is clear: we live in a culture of boasting to impress others.
People are remaining immature longer in our culture. Their focus is so self centeredd, boast oreiented and deeply insecure that it cannot find purpose other than pleasure, which has become addictive.
Normal life with all its challenges are no longer fulfilling for most.
In this culture, people pursue God for the sake of what they can get out of Him. Just as they pursue others for what they can get out of them. The basic mentality is to surround themselves with those who elevate them.
1 Timothy 5:6 "But she who is self-indulgent is dead even while she lives."
We do not want to be self-indulgent people. As born-again believers, we want to be useful for the kingdom of God, even if it means in small matters. Taking care of business in our families, living a Christian witness of love in the community, extending a helping hand to others, and more, as led by the Holy Spirit.
1 Thessalonians 4:4 "That each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor,"
Galatians 2:20 "I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me."
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