God is not just to be known with the mind.

He is to be delighted in, savored.

He is to be seen and savored, taste and see that the Lord is good.

Hi, I'm your host, Dan Krover.

This is a new two-part series on Light and Truth titled One Passion, One Pursuit.

What kind of heart brings God the most glory?

In this episode of Light and Truth,

John Piper presses into the truth that God is not merely to be known.

His is to be savored, sought, and enjoyed above all else.

This message was originally delivered at the RZIM conference on November 12, 1999.

Let your passion be single.

Now it wasn't always easy for me to love this topic because I couldn't make my passions

single.

I knew from growing up in my father's house, one passion was unavoidable and centrally biblical.

And that was a passion for the glory of God.

My father quoted as often as any other text,

Johnny, whatever you do, whether you eat, whether you drink, do everything to the

glory of God. So I grew up knowing that was one passion that had to be there. And then as I

meditated more and more in my formative intellectual years on the scriptures,

I saw that the reason it was so central is because it was the central and uniting passion of God himself.

Let me give you a couple of texts that shocked me in those days. I'm reading through the

Bible right now, as many of you are, and if you're on the plan that I'm on, it's Ezekiel these days.

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