One of the great diseases of our day is trifling. The things with which most people spend their time are trivial. And what makes this a disease is that we were meant to live for *MAGNIFICENT CAUSES. ..... Our souls will not be satisfied with trifles. .... WE live in a perpetual and hopeless struggle to satisfy our longings on trifles. So our souls shrivel. Our lives become trivial. And our capacity for *MAGINIFICENT CAUSES AND GREAT WORSHIP dies.
The book of Ruth wants to teach us that God's purpose for his people is to connect us to something far greater than ourselves. God wants us to know that when we follow him, our lives always mean more than we think they do. .... For the Christian there is always a connection between the ordinary events of life and the stupendous work of God in history.
Everything we do in obedience to God, no matter how small, is significant. It is part of a cosmic mosaic that God is painting to display the greatness of his power and wisdom to the world and to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places (Ephisians 3:10).
--John Piper A Sweet & Bitter Providence
*emphasis mine
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Feeling Insignificant?
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Love this.......powerful words...
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