As part of my time with the Lord in the mornings I am reading John Piper’s devotional entitled “A Godward life.” I am so grateful for the day several years ago when I first read “Desiring God.” The Lord has used Dr. Piper in an incredible way in my life. Today I believe I own every book he’s written and I am SO thankful for his heart and passion for the Glory of God.
This morning’s devotional, again, centered my heart on the reason for all of it. Allow me to reproduce his words verbatim…
“God has been merciful to us so that we would delight in glorifying Him for His mercy.” He then quotes Ephesians 1:4-6 and Psam 86:12-13. He continues…
“God’s love is the ground. His glory is the goal. Why is this important? It’s important because unless we understand this we will not know what love really is. The love of God is not God making much of us, but God’s saving us from self-centered sin so that we can enjoy making much of Him forever.”
Wow!!! That truth still blows my mind! The glory of God is the center of it all! I’m not saved to go to heaven or escape hell; I’m saved for the glory of His name!!!
Oh God, help me be radically God-centered today!!! Help me glorify You in every SINGLE thing I think, say and do!
This morning’s devotional, again, centered my heart on the reason for all of it. Allow me to reproduce his words verbatim…
“God has been merciful to us so that we would delight in glorifying Him for His mercy.” He then quotes Ephesians 1:4-6 and Psam 86:12-13. He continues…
“God’s love is the ground. His glory is the goal. Why is this important? It’s important because unless we understand this we will not know what love really is. The love of God is not God making much of us, but God’s saving us from self-centered sin so that we can enjoy making much of Him forever.”
Wow!!! That truth still blows my mind! The glory of God is the center of it all! I’m not saved to go to heaven or escape hell; I’m saved for the glory of His name!!!
Oh God, help me be radically God-centered today!!! Help me glorify You in every SINGLE thing I think, say and do!
Tony
2 comments:
Amen to that! Good thoughts. I like you guys blog. Keep it up.
This was good. I read it over on the forum too. What a great reminder!
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