Attention

My creator designed me to where deep in my heart I want to be love and I want to be dependent and I desperately want pleasure. More specifically He designed me to want all Him. Genesis 1:27 makes so much more sense now. He wants me so much that when my Father created me, He gave me that same desire to want. Ultimately want him.

I keep taking my focus off of what I'm created for. For what my created order is. The surface temptations and the temporal attractions for sin get in the way. Two of my very best friends reminded me of how jealous he is for all of our attention. Jealously and zealously. To rightfully protect what is most PRECIOUS to Him.

I ought to treasure the Old Testament laws. They show who He truly is in light of the Gospel and Christ. The Ten Commandments show his grace and glory all the more. I can't be burden by what I can or can't do but the grace that these are his characteristics.

"...for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments." Exodus 20:5-6