Friday, November 16, 2012

To Sacrifice A Higher For A Lower?

John Piper in 1977:
 The only reason for living is the achievement of what you value. Nobody should ever sacrifice a higher value to a lower one. You should always aspire to deciding what you value. Until that happens you cannot make any reasonable steps toward choosing a vocation (or anything else). My highest value is to see God glorified. The way God has guided me to realize that value is through ____________ .

Stop. Think. The only reason for living ... Never a higher value for a lower value ... Always aspire ... My highest value ...

Now fill in the blank.

4 comments:

  1. Huh, never thought it through like that before. That's very good.

    "The way God has guided me to realize that value is through:" a serious illness. He taught me time here on earth is short. Eternity is much closer than you think. Live for eternity. Live for Him.

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  2. What matters is not that we do all we might have done or all we dreamed of doing, but that, while we live, we live by faith in future grace and walk in the path of love. The times are in God’s hands, not ours. (Piper, again)

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