“ ‘While all men seek after happiness, scarcely one in a hundred looks for it from God.’ One reason is because we’re sinners. Another is because the average person wouldn’t imagine that happiness could be found in God.” - Alcorn
“God’s desire is that his love for us, and ours for him, would generate a deep and lasting joy that would make worship a pleasure more than an obligation and make obedience a delight more than a duty… ” - Challies
“Psalm 27 unveils David’s heart for God in the midst of danger and the threat of death…. By both example and exhortation, David kindles our Godward longing to enflame our Godward pursuit. In short, David calls us to be on the Beauty hunt.” - Desiring God
“Moses alternates between the two often, with the word ‘fear’ occurring 34 times and the word ‘love’ occurring 20 times in the book of Deuteronomy. Fear God. Love God…. this will raise a question in the minds of some thoughtful Christians.” - P&D
“Consider for a moment how tragic it would be if there were no answer to this question…. Yet it’s equally tragic to incorrectly answer the question.” - Ligonier
“Our situation is different from Moses’, of course, but I think it’s important we daily ask God to help us see a glimpse of who He is and what He’s doing.” - Chuck Lawless
“What could be better than for Him to not only love us so much that He would die for us, but to actually call us His friends, and not just servants?… (John 15:15).” - Randy Alcorn
A never ending gladness in God: Part of the title of this post is taken from chapter forty-five in John Piper’s book, Providence. The title of the chapter is “New Bodies, New World, Never-Ending Gladness in God.”
John Piper has received criticism over the years. I think rightly so on some counts. So I get it. But there are those who write him off completely and warn others to not read him altogether. We must practice discernment.
“Faulty Assumptions…Assumption #1: I should start with me and my questions….Assumption #2: The Bible is (primarily) a collection of principles….Assumption #3: The goal of reading the Bible is improving my life.” - TGC
“We always obey that which we desire the most. When we desire something more than we desire God, we will obey that something if ever and whenever we are faced with a choice to obey God or to obey it.” - Scott Sauls
