I
ran across this quote today. It's part of
a prayer post by Scotty Smith:
We need the gospel to keep us sane, centered, and satisfied. There are
many lonely husbands, many lonely wives, many lonely single people who are
primed for a fling, targets for an affair—aching, yearning, reaching for a few
minutes of pleasure to medicate months, years, even a lifetime of disconnect
and emptiness. It may never become physical, but emotional affairs offer
exhilaration bordering on intoxication—an intoxication that can lead to
addiction; and an addiction whose GPS is set on our destruction.
Here is one clear place that we need to EXPERIENCE the truth of Psalm 73:23-28
Nevertheless, I am continually with you; you hold my right hand. You
guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will receive me to glory. Whom
have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides
you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and
my portion forever. For behold, those who are far from you shall perish; you
put an end to everyone who is unfaithful to you. But for me it is good to be
near God; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all your
works.
Smith finishes his prayer:
So we turn our hearts to you, Lord Jesus. You, who have won
us, are constantly wooing us in the gospel, saying, “Come away, my
beloved. My desire is for you and my banner over you is love.”
Who do we have in heaven but you, Lord Jesus, and being with
you, who or what could we possibly desire more on this earth? Should
our wildest fantasy be realized, it wouldn’t be enough. You alone have
words of eternal life, grace sufficient for our souls, peace that passes all
understanding, and the joy we desperately crave. So very Amen we pray, in your
loving and holy name.
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