What can I do to ensure that my life counts?

To ensure that the life that God has given to me matters.

That is a significant question.

It's universal question that one asked of John Piper on June 3rd of this year in Monticevano,

Italy.

It came in the context of a television interview and what follows is a field recording

of what John Piper said in answering the question, what is the true significance of life?

And how is this related to risk taking?

Here's what he said.

The true significance of life is that God made human beings in his own image with precious

value and that value, that significance, consists in knowing God, loving God, showing God.

Now, it's life is about God, man is not central, God is central.

He created the universe and humanity in order to magnify the greatness of God.

And our joy in this world which God made essential is in Jesus Christ, in God the Father,

in the Holy Spirit.

So there's no tension between finding our significance in making much of God and being

as happy as we can be.

This is one of the greatest discoveries of my life, that God's purpose to be glorified

and my passion to be satisfied are not at odds.

They come together in finding my satisfaction in God.

So I use the little phrase, God is most glorified in me when I am most satisfied in him.

So he gets the glory, I get the joy.

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