Is It Selfish? (Hunger for Heaven - Part 4/4)
(This is the fourth post in a series called "Hunger for Heaven" on longing for God. Check out the other parts here - What does it look like? How to cultivate? Hope for the future ) I asked a question at the end of the last post - is it selfish to long for rewards, joy and peace, heavenly treasures, and blessings from God? Sure, we want to long for God and eternity with Him, but what about that other stuff? My Dad asked me this question when I was first going through this study, and I'll admit, my stare was pretty blank. Me: "Uh...no?" Dad: "Really?" {grin} Me: "I...don't know." Dad had recently been going through a book called "Desiring God" by John Piper, and apparently, Piper had just been talking about this very question. So the following insights and examples will mainly be from the minds of John Piper and Mark Faggion. :) I don't know about you, but this tends to me my idea of perfect satisfaction :) L