Nov. 22 08 10:35 a.m.

In these experiments I will aim at being factual to the point of being blunt so as to give you data you can consider for your own use. But never assume I am unemotional about what I find.

Emotions are a top priority to God as he uses them to lead to salvation and further sanctification and if our emotions are not directed toward that purpose, they will lead in only one other direction.

2Co 7:10 Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.

So again we are aiming at proving God in our experience of joy (no regret) and knowing that at the same time, to one degree or another, we are avoiding death.

Joy is worth fighting for and the best means of proving God, so, a quote for John Piper…

“When we understand… the fight for joy is mainly a fight too see [Jesus] we grasp… that joy is a gift and a spontaneous experience. The joy that comes from seeing beauty is spontaneous no matter how hard one fought to see.”

We are engaged on a quest to see Jesus any way we can because he is worthy of our longing gaze no matter how, like Zacchaeus, we must strive to put ourselves in the best place to see.

Lu 19:4 So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore–fig tree beside the road, for Jesus was going to pass that way.

May you strive in your obedience to him today to see him, experience something of him and the joy that this experience brings. Then you will have satisfied your soul and will have excess to satisfy the spiritual thirst of others.

Isa 12:3 With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.