Reading this book I realized just how much my view of living a Christ-centered life had shrunk. Christ is still the center of my life, but that center should be more than just the core of my life. It should encompass every aspect of life. Like Piper says, "If my life was to have a single, all-satisfying, unifying passion, it would have to be God's passion" (pg. 28). He goes on to describe God's passion as being "the display of his own glory and the delight of my heart" (pg. 28). For me this is not the struggle. My struggle is letting that passion permeate even the mundane things in life.
Reading this book also expanded my view of what it means not to waste my life. I grew up hearing live your life for Christ and it won't be wasted (which I agree with). But have you ever felt there was more to it than that? Piper gives some very concrete examples of how NOT to waste your life by saying how to waste it:
"We waste our lives when we do not weave God into our eating and drinking and every other part by enjoying and displaying him" (pg. 32).
"We waste our lives when we do not pray and think and dream and plan and work toward magnifying God in all spheres of life" (pg. 32).Living for Christ is more than just seeking God's will and trying to live a good life that reflects Him. It includes glorifying Him in all we do whether eating, playing, working, or whatever. It is weaving Him into it all; doing all things in partnership with Him. I should be including God in every part of life, even the mundane, daily tasks.
Here are a few questions to ponder: Are you wasting your life? Do you involve God in every aspect of life, even the mundane? Is there a single, unifying passion in your life?
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