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  PLEASURE, DELIGHT, CONTENTMENT AND SATISFACTION IN GOD
  by Thomas Brooks
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Summary: True pleasure and delight in God is reserved for genuinely holy
people.

Topics: "Holiness", "Delight in God"
Scripture References: Psalm 37:4, Song of Solomon 5:9-10, Song of Solomon 5:16, Isaiah 61:10, Philippians 4:11

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Thomas Brooks emphasizes that true pleasure, delight, contentment, and
satisfaction in God are only experienced by those who are genuinely
holy. He contrasts the fleeting pleasures sought by the covetous,
ambitious, and worldly individuals with the profound joy that comes from
a relationship with God. Brooks highlights that delighting in God is a
noble and spiritual endeavor, reserved for the holy, who recognize His
unparalleled beauty and worth. He encourages believers to find their
ultimate satisfaction in God, as expressed in the Song of Solomon and
Isaiah.

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There are no people under heaven, who take any real

pleasure, delight, contentment and satisfaction

in God--but those who are genuinely holy.

"How is your Beloved better than others, most beautiful

of women? How is your Beloved better than others, that

you charge us so?" Song of Songs 5:9

The covetous man takes pleasure and delight in his money-bags.

The ambitious man takes pleasure and delight in his honors.

The voluptuous man takes pleasure and delight in his lusts.

The malicious man takes pleasure and delight in his revenge.

The envious man takes pleasure in the harms which befall others.

The drunkard takes pleasure and delight in his cups.

The adulterer takes pleasure and delight in his harlots.

The gamester takes pleasure and delight in his shifts and tricks.

The worldling takes pleasure in his fopperies and fooleries.

It is only the holy man who takes pleasure and delight in God.

To delight and take pleasure in God, is a work too high, too

hard, too spiritual, and too noble--for any but holy people!

"My Beloved is dark and dazzling, better than ten thousand

others! Yes, He is altogether lovely! This is my Beloved, and

this is my Friend!" Song of Songs 5:10, 16

"I delight greatly in the Lord! My soul rejoices in my God!"

Isaiah 61:10

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