"He shall be the end of our desires who shall be seen without end, loved without cloy, praised without weariness." Augustine
What is Cloy?
CD Cloy - Have you ever bought a CD that is so awesome, uplifting and full of God's truth that you play it over and over again to the point were: "If I hear that song one more time..."?
Family Cloy - Have you ever spent so much time with your extended or immediate family that you get into each other's hair and can't wait to get away?
Brownie Cloy - Have you ever heard of someone (or done it yourself) eating a whole pan of yummy brownies by themselves and then throwing up or becoming sick of brownies?
Toy Cloy - Growing up, did you ever look forward to Christmas for that one toy that would end the need of toys? But then a week later it was in the toy box and you were desiring the next big thing.
CLOY - "to surfeit (overdo) with an excess usually of something orig. pleasing"
Have you ever had God cloy?
You know what I mean. How do you defeat it? How do we destroy cloy?
"Faith chooses the ultimate over the immediate, permanent joy over passing pleasure and thereby minimizes the magnetic pull toward cloy!"
Hebrews 11:23-28 - Moses
- Refused to please men
- Refused position/prominence
- Refused pleasure (temporary)
- Refused posessions
...for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible.
"You make known to me the path of life;
in your presence there is fullness of joy;
at your right hand are pleasures forevermore."
Psalm 16:11
Imagine spending eternity in perpetual worship. Never tiring of singing and praising Him. It's almost impossible to understand that because we are wired to get tired or sick of good things (even pleasurable things) that we do in excess.
Peter Hubbard - Notes: 28th AM service.