For example, does a man want to “get ahead”? Then his thoughts study the art of it, framing the ladder for climbing up, inventing ways to do it—though often they, like Haman, are only building their own gallows (Est 7:9). Or perhaps they want to be rich. Then what do they study? They study all the cheating tricks on the cards, as I may speak. They study all the cunning tricks of the world, all the ways to oppress, to defraud, to go beyond their fellows. They learn to pack things in all their dealing so that they themselves will be the winners, so that all who deal with them will be the losers.
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What do I want? At the core of my heart, what do I want? What I want is what I will think about and what I will seek after.
Lord help me to have the ultimate desire of pleasing you!
