goals emo+dat

Summary "goals for Christ followers are based off of reality, not preferences. Those goals have both logical and emotional basis."

reference "values and psyche change" from July 22.

In today's world, we call things 'good' or 'bad'. What do we mean by that? Generally, I think we're trying to reach a certain state of existence. Socially, we're aiming for world peace, coexistence, free health care for everyone (ok, not really), happiness in general, etc. Personally, we're just looking for appeasement being happy.
The problem with this mindset is that different people have conflicting goals. And even if we were all in this together, how do we decide what goal is the best? I mean, what fundamental property of the universe says that we should all be happy? And even if happiness was the end goal, how much happiness is enough?
Think about that.

Now, what if goals, 'good' and 'bad' were based off of realities, not things we hope for?
What if we do good things, and not do bad things, because that's the way we were designed? God designed us to seek our own happiness by seeking the greatest source of happiness, himself.
Do not strive for some ethereal goal that's just 'out there'. Strive to be in sync with the natural order of the universe. Fulfillment. Obedience. Peace and rest.
Don't get pantheistic here. God is real and divine/human and living and personal.
But seek him! seek a knowledge of the natural order of the universe, because he is the creator, sustainer, the pinnacle top of it all. and he loves us too!

ok, here's the emotional/factual duality.
factual: God is the absolute of the universe, the most powerful being, a huge monolith of existence that transcends all understanding. we seek god because he designed us that way.
emotional: we have God, the holy spirit, inside of us. vivid awesome! romance, epic, delight... God not only designed us to seek him, he gave us emotional satisfaction for doing so, emotional craziness when we get close to God.

emotion and data at the same time.
it's true, and we love it!