When I Don't Desire God

OPC'n · #1 (**permalink**) 06-22-2009, 05:54 PM

Something to ponder:

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I was freed to pursue my fullest joy in God without guilt. Indeed, I was commanded to pursue it. Indifference to the pursuit of joy in God would be indifference to the glory of God, and that is sin. Therefore, my quest took on a seriousness, and earnestness, a gravity that I never dreamed would be part of pursuing joy. And then, almost immediately, came the realization that my indwelling sin stands in the way of my full satisfaction in God. It opposes and perverts my pursuit of God. It opposes by making other things look more desirable than God. And it perverts by making me think I am pursuing joy in God when, in fact, I am in love with his gifts.

John Piper, When I Don't Desire God

jandrusk · #2 (**permalink**) 06-22-2009, 06:17 PM

Good reference. On similar note, see my blog post below on Baxter's 10 ways to know your a flesh-pleaser. The bottom line is that when your more concerned with anything else outside the glory of God and His will as revealed in scripture you are committing fornication with the old man that Christ crucified on the cross.

What Justin’s Thinking » Blog Archive The Ten Marks of a Flesh-Pleaser

OPC'n · #3 (**permalink**) 06-22-2009, 06:24 PM

Will have to check that out sometime, thanks