Do you look for what pleases the body or the soul?

Interesting question isn’t it? Think on it for a bit though. 

Thomas Kempis said: “The saints of God and all devout friends of Christ did not look to what pleases the body nor to the things that are popular from time to time. Their whole hope and aim centered on the everlasting good.”

So again what about me and you? Are we looking for what pleases the flesh or what is going to please the soul which is heaven with Christ eternally?

Look at the word of God:

Matthew 10:28 And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Galatians 5:16-17 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17 For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do.

1 Thessalonians 5:23 Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 2:11 Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul.

Let us look to God and to please Him and that will satisfy our souls! Nothing that pleases the flesh will ever match what Jesus did and can do!

Tom