Enjoying God More

I attended a pastor’s conference yesterday, where John Piper spoke. Here are a couple notes I took.

Living my life God's way is a great source of joy for me. But I'm not sure God Himself is the center of my daily joy. I am very conscious of God’s involvement in my daily life, and I praise Him for it. But those are His works I am taking joy in. Is God Himself my joy? I spend time with God, and enjoy Him then. But, do I enjoy Him throughout my day. It's worth thinking about. This is probably splitting hairs, but what harm is there in continuing to seek to better enjoy God Himself.

Piper talked about pleasing God not primarily being about our actions/obedience. Rather, God is most pleased by us enjoying Him. I thought, what about the Apostle John writing, "If you love me, you will do what I command?" Piper answered this by stating, our love for Christ has to come first. The actions are a response to our love for Him. So presumably we won't be able to maintain a godly, obedient, life, if we don't dearly love God each day.