Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Faith and Trust

Challenged by this quote today:
Piper says, "Ordinarily faith would mean trust or confidence you put in someone who has given good evidence of his reliability and willingness and ability to provide what you need. But when Jesus Christ is the object of faith there is a twist. He himself is what we need. If we only trust Christ to give us gifts and not himself as the all-satisfying gift, then we do not trust him in a way that honors him as our treasure. We simply honor the gifts. They are what we really want, not him. So biblical faith in Jesus must mean that we trust him to give us what we need most–namely, himself. That means that faith itself must include at its essence a treasuring of Christ above all things."
-John Piper, Don't Waste Your LIfe

1 comment:

3orange1blonde said...

just finished that book about a month ago and now am on to Pleasures of God. He just has a way with encouraging me...he might be my fave. thanks for posting.