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It’s good when your relationship with God is all that you need in order to be happy.

The world says you need cool things and more of them than does your neighbor or sibling or co-worker.

The world also says you need to have total control of your calendar and total freedom to choose whatever junk food makes your taste buds feel good.

Oh yeah, and the world also tells you that you don’t need any organized religion to have peace with your inner being.

Just live to please yourself and remember that pleasing others is a strategy for gaining their compliance so that you might more successfully reach your goals.

I’m glad that I generally don’t trust worldly strategies for being happy.

I’m content to drive an old car and wear clothes that haven’t seen a display rack in years.

I’m totally fine with the idea that my newest pair of shoes is three years old.

I’m also quite satisfied to own a “dumb” cellphone that doesn’t use the web and play music and just works like a standard cellphone.

And I find more satisfaction in paying off a debt than I do buying on credit something I’ve really wanted.

Why am I trying to be like this more often?

Part of the reason is found in Psalm 73:25-26.

Whom have I in heaven but You? And earth has nothing I desire besides You. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.”

It is the trust demonstrated by this passage that sustained Jesus through the worst of what He faced on earth.

This same trust sustained the apostles during their persecution and martyrdom.

And so it was for millions of Christian martyrs who have sacrificed their flesh rather than their faith.

The implications of this verse are huge for your life and mine.

When peer pressure is intense and you’re being pushed to walk away from obedience to biblical values, do you declare that God is the strength of your heart and your portion forever?

When a spouse is hassling you about your desire for more church involvement and providing the 10 percent tithe to support church and missions work, do you declare that God is the strength of your heart and your portion forever and that giving to God ALWAYS has eternal and earthly benefits?

When expensive problems occur in your practical life, do you forgo earthly wants without complaining so that you can pay your bills and continue giving to God as He seeks?

If Psalm 73:25-26 guide your life, you will.

The Kingdom will grow stronger. Your life will grow stronger.

And Satan will grow more frustrated.

That’s a good thing.

As always, I love you
Martin

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