If I could tell you that you could have life, joy, and pleasure, what image would you conjure up? Would it be some image of party time? You remember these Miller High Life commercials? It suggests simple pleasures.
Psalm 16 – says the God will make known to me the path of life; in His presence, there is fullness of joy; in His right hand, there are pleasures forever.
Meditate on that verse for a few moments. God is giving you the High Life literally. Next time you see the Miller High Life guy think of this verse.
To illustrate the case in point, when are you at your times of most extreme joy? For me, it is when things from a worldly perspective have gone south. Joy is extreme in relationship with our Creator and relationship with people. That joy is full. The joy the world offers is temporal – it does not last. It is inner joy – joy that comes from deep within like a “wellspring of life”.
Pleasure likewise does not come from transient things, things that will fade away. Pleasure comes from relationship. it may be a seeing creation in all its fullness (which we see through relationship with the Creator) – a sunset, music, smell of blooming roses. Maybe it is pleasure from friendships – a night out with close friends or seeing a daughter off to college.
Now that’s living the High Life!
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