Finding Pleasure

“If there lurks in most modern minds the notion that to desire our own good and earnestly to hope for the enjoyment of it is a bad thing, I submit that this notion has crept in from Kant and the Stoics and is no part of the Christian faith. Indeed, if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.”
C.S. Lewis

I ran across this quote tonight while doing a Bible study. It really struck me. The world makes it so easy to find fulfillment. C.S. Lewis offered sex, ambition, and drinking. Those are still true today but I would add, entertainment, sports, shopping, food, etc, etc. THINGS are so easy to come by. They might offer fulfillment for a while, until they're gone and we're longing for more. I don't want to be easily pleased. I want God to increase my desire for pleasure. Real pleasure that is eternal and won't fade. Real pleasure that offers TOTAL SATISFACTION. Jesus Christ is the only one that guarantees.

John 6:35 I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.