Most people find something "delightful" in their lives. In and of itself, it's okay to enjoy certain things as long as they are proper. The problem is many spend their lives pursuing that thing, whatever it might be, at the expense of what the Lord says should be our true delight.
Our text today is 2 Thess 2:12.

Our question is, in what do we delight?

1)  SIN? - 2 THESS 2:12, JAMES 1: 12-15 - THERE IS TEMPTATION, BUT THE PROMISE IS TO THOSE WHO OVERCOME WILL BE BLESSED. SIN DOES HAVE IT'S MOMENTARY ATTRACTIONS, HOWEVER, WE CAN DELIGHT IN THINGS THAT ARE ACCEPTABLE AND NOT UNACCEPTABLE.

2)  REVELING? - 2 PETER 2: 13,14 - THE BASIC IDEA IS THAT SOME DELIGHT IN GIVING THEMSELVES UP COMPLETELY TO SIN.  ANOTHER WAY OF PUTTING IT IS REALLY "LIVING IT UP."  MATT 5:28- EYES THAT ARE FULL OF ADULTERY.

3)  MAKING A SHOW? - JAMES 4:16 - HOW OFTEN DO WE PLAN AND NOT TAKE GOD'S WILL INTO CONSIDERATION? - THIS IS MORE WIDESPREAD THAN MANY MIGHT THINK. FOR EXAMPLE, MANY LOVE THE SHOW OF MONEY. LIFE IS BRIEF - JOB 9:25-26, 14:1

4)  FILTHY PRACTICES? - ROM 1:24-32 - THIS HAS LONG BEEN A PROBLEM.  ISA 5: 20,21.  OUR SOCIETY GIVES MUCH EMPHASIS TO SUCH THINGS. MK 7:21-23 -THE LUSTS OF THEIR HEARTS, EPH 4: 17-19 - STUMBLING IN BLIND IGNORANCE TO INCREASING DEGREES OF DEPRAVITY.

WE SHOULD DELIGHT IN-

1)  THE LAW OF THE LORD - PSALM 1: 1-6. WHY SHOULD PEOPLE DELIGHT IN THE LAW OF THE LORD?  REMEMBER WHAT THE LAW OF THE LORD WILL DO FOR US, ROM 1: 16, 2 TIM 3: 16-17.  IS THIS NOT REASON ENOUGH TO DELIGHT IN IT?

2)  WORSHIP - PSALM 122:1.  IT SHOULD DELIGHT US TO WORSHIP! THERE ARE MANY REASONS TO DO SO!

3)  TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS! - ROM 5: 3.  THE REASON FOR THIS IS CLEARLY STATED IN JAMES 1: 2-6

4)  GIVING OF OUR MEANS - ACTS 20:35- WHAT DID JESUS SAY ABOUT GIVING?, COMPARE THIS TO WHAT WE HAVE IN THIS LIFE AND WHAT HAPPENS TO IT, MATT 6: 19-21 -WHAT HAPPENS TO MATERIAL POSSESSIONS, MATT 16: 24-27 - WHAT WE SHOULD CONCENTRATE ON.