we are a culture of the spiritually stunted.
and those are almost uniformly anchored
God simply becomesin our pursuit
of our own
happiness and fulfillment.
the Great Being who,
potentially at least,
meets our needs and fulfills our aspirations.
We think rather little of
what he is like,what he expects of us,what he seeks in us.
We are not captured by his holiness and his love.
His thoughts and words capture
too little of our imagination,too little of our discourse,too few of our priorities.
In the biblical view...
a deeper knowledge of God brings with it
massive improvement in the other areas mentioned:
But if we seek these without passionately desiring a deeper knowledge of God
Priorities from Paul and His Prayers (D.A. Carson)
purityintegrityevangelistic effectivenessbetter study of Scriptureimproved private and corporate worship...
But if we seek these without passionately desiring a deeper knowledge of God
We are
selfishly running after God's blessings without running after him.
We are
even worse than the man who wants his wife's services...
without ever making the effort really to know and love his wife.
We are
worse than such a man, I say, because...
He is perfect in His love
He has made us for Himself.
Priorities from Paul and His Prayers (D.A. Carson)
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