A Hunger for God
I'm reading this book (A Hunger for God) which is by John Piper. I just wanted to share a passage I read from his book tonight -
"The assistance we need, above all physical healing and all financial security and all employment success and all career guidance and all relational harmony, is the divine assistance to see and savor the glory of God in Christ. Beholding the glory of God in the gospel, we were saved. Beholding the glory of God in his promises, we are being sanctified. There is only one way that we will finish our course and keep the faith and persevere to the end, and that is by "fixing our eyes on Jesus" (Heb. 12:2)and by looking "not at the things which are seen, but at the things that are not seen" (2 Cor. 4:18). This is God's will for us and God's work in us. But we are so constituted as fallen human beings, Jesus says, that "the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word.: which is meant to reveal to us the glory of God (Mark 4:19)."
"Joy in God is the strength to walk with Jesus from the wilderness to the cross and into eternal life. But maintaining that joy against its most subtle and innocent rivals is a lifelong struggle."
Though the fig tree does not bud
And there are no grapes on the vines,
Though the olive crop fails
And the fields produce no food,
Though there are no sheep in the pen
And no cattle in the stalls,
Yet I will rejoice in the LORD,
I will be joyful in God my Savior
-Habakkuk 3:17-18
Wow.
"The assistance we need, above all physical healing and all financial security and all employment success and all career guidance and all relational harmony, is the divine assistance to see and savor the glory of God in Christ. Beholding the glory of God in the gospel, we were saved. Beholding the glory of God in his promises, we are being sanctified. There is only one way that we will finish our course and keep the faith and persevere to the end, and that is by "fixing our eyes on Jesus" (Heb. 12:2)and by looking "not at the things which are seen, but at the things that are not seen" (2 Cor. 4:18). This is God's will for us and God's work in us. But we are so constituted as fallen human beings, Jesus says, that "the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word.: which is meant to reveal to us the glory of God (Mark 4:19)."
"Joy in God is the strength to walk with Jesus from the wilderness to the cross and into eternal life. But maintaining that joy against its most subtle and innocent rivals is a lifelong struggle."
Though the fig tree does not bud
And there are no grapes on the vines,
Though the olive crop fails
And the fields produce no food,
Though there are no sheep in the pen
And no cattle in the stalls,
Yet I will rejoice in the LORD,
I will be joyful in God my Savior
-Habakkuk 3:17-18
Wow.
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