Living the Good Life: Intro - The Delight of Devotion

Opening our Living the Good Life series, we learn that loving God is the delight of devotion, both the greatest command and the greatest privilege, and that this delight characterizes the good life as we walk with God. Throughout Scripture, we see this good life modeled intentionally through the spiritual disciplines, especially in the life of Jesus.

The best and most important daily spiritual discipline is to start your day purposefully and devotionally with God. It is essential whether we consider this discipline a duty or a delight, because seeing it as a duty results in a distorted view of God, and a wrong view of God will obscure our perspective about everything. Ultimately, engaging in this time of devotion with our Father as a delight is the first step to living the truly good life, the life that Jesus modeled for us.