Enjoy Life and Not creating Idols || ERIC GILMOUR

# Summary

This transcription reflects on the idea of prioritizing God above all earthly pursuits, showing how misplaced reliance on worldly things leads to dissatisfaction and brokenness, and emphasizes finding ultimate joy in God.

## Key Reflections

### Misplaced Reliance on Earthly Things

- Placing hope in earthly achievements or possessions to replace God can lead to heartbreak and despair.

- Examples of such misplaced reliance include:

- **Career, wealth, sexual pleasure, morality, ministry, health, children, reputation.**

- Anything we rely on as a substitute for God inevitably becomes a source of pain.

### The Concept of "Disordered Love"

- St. Augustine defines sin as "disordered love," meaning love that is misplaced or out of order.

- Loving God above all things allows everything else to align and be rightly enjoyed.

- Once love becomes disordered, satisfaction becomes unattainable:

- **Drinking without satisfaction.**

- **Eating without fulfillment.**

## A Proper Perspective

- Recognizing that heaven cannot be achieved in this life allows for freedom and true enjoyment of earthly blessings.

- When God is the central love and focus:

- Other blessings can be enjoyed with delight and proper balance.

- Daily pleasures no longer attempt to fulfill roles only God can fill.

## Living This Out

- To rightly live:

- **Set the heart on God with a "naked intent" to find joy and pleasure solely in Him.**

- This approach places earthly blessings in their proper place, enabling true enjoyment without substituting them for God's role.

"Love Him, and I will tell you to do no more, for all else will come by love." - Fenelon

## Closing Thought

Loving God supremely is the foundation of a fulfilling and ordered life. When we find our joy in Him, all earthly blessings fall into their rightful place.

Eric William Gilmour

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