Don't Waste Your Life

I started reading Don't Waste Your Life by John Piper yesterday. Amazing book! I may have to start handing out copies of it.

Here's a favorite quote so far. (I haven't read half of the book yet, though it's short. It's so weighty I have to stop and think after almost every paragraph. Sometimes every sentence!)

God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him.

One thing that Piper talks about is what love is. He says that our Western culture defines loving someone as helping them to feel good about themselves. We are taught, "Love is giving someone a mirror and helping him like what he sees."

Love according to the Bible is something greater than that, however. It's choosing to do what is best for the person. And that may not be what makes them feel the best immediately. But that's not all. Piper says it so much better than me, so I'll quote him again.

We were made to see and savor God - and savoring him, to be supremely satisfied... Not to show people the all-satisfying God is not to love them. To make them feel good about themselves when they were made to feel good about seeing God is like taking someone to the Alps and locking them is a room full of mirrors.

What more is there to be said about sharing Christ with those around, Christian or not?

That's only the briefest preview of the book. There's so much more to it. Please read Don't Waste Your Life.