There is risk in ignoring God’s invitation to bask in grace. One day it will be too late to say “Lord, we truly need you; we cannot find joy in ourselves and our devices and plans; we must feast on your grace today, or we will die.” Choose now to let God serve you; stop looking for eternal joy in earthly shadows; stop seeking nourishment in stale bread. Why be satisfied for today and hungry forever?

A heart that hankers for earthly reward will not be content to wait on the heavenly blessing of the Father.

Not for a mind full of knowledge, but a life full of love. Cf 1 Cor 13.

A question asked in terms of law is answered in terms of grace. God’s pure law is very uncomplicated: “Just be like me.”

Don’t let the passing buzz of Satan’s defeat distract you from the eternal joy of what’s yours in the gospel.

Hearts desperate for home.

Trusting Christ means accepting that invisible, heavenly, future and eternal treasure is of more worth than treasure you can see and handle and use now. It’s a choice between being empty-handed now but wealthy for eternity, or comfortable now and bankrupt for eternity.

The lifestyle Paul commends is riddled with Christ. Christ, because he fills everything, must fill every atom of our existence. If not, he is not Christ, he is not what we claim he is in our hearts.

This was no earthly kingdom like the nations about. The king is under another’s authority, and the consequences of forgetting this can be deadly.

We are seriously into burnout. God is seriously into rest.