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Key Bible Verse: As the deer pants for streams of water, so I long for you, O God (Psalm 42:1). Bonus Reading: Luke 14:25–27

If you've ever been in love, you know that some things we do just because we enjoy being in her presence. We sing songs, dance, share food, or simply prop up our feet and do nothing but enjoy hanging out with each other. In these purposeless, pointless moments of sheer enjoyment we come very close to the purpose and point of love.

If someone asks, "What's the reason for your worship?" we could only say, "Because we're in love." But we North Americans tend to be pragmatic, practical people, asking of every experience, "What good will this do me? What can I get out of this?"

Let's say you're walking hand in hand with your beloved on a spring night across campus. At some point, in the moonlight, you gaze into one another's eyes and kiss. Now imagine that some bystander sees you and asks, "What good will that do you? What are you going to get out of that?" Obviously, the dummy has never been in love.

When you get right down to it, the most serious, most delightful business of Chris-tians is that loving work of glorifying God and enjoying Him forever.

—Tony Campolo & William Willimon in The Survival Guide for Christians on Campus

My Response: Do I enjoy being in God's presence? Why or why not?

Thought to Apply: I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love. —Henry Ward Beecher (New York preacher)

Adapted from The Survival Guide for Christians on Campus (Howard, 2002) by permission.

Prayer for the Week

O Lord, keep the world from filling my life, leaving no space for hearing and delighting in You.

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