Counting everything as rubbish?

I have heard it said - "I have never had an original thought of my own, so I stand on the shoulders of other Godly men." - This defines me well...

So I bring our attention to John Piper again, in his truthful book, 'don't waste your life' -

'If we are exiles and refugees on earth (I Peter 2:11), and if our citizenship is in heaven (Philippians 3:20), and if nothing can separate us from the love of Christ (Romans 8:35), and if his steadfast love is better than life (Psalms 63:3), and if all hardship is working for us an eternal weight of glory (2 Corinthians 4:17), then we will give to the winds our fears and "seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness" (Matthew 6:33). We will count everything as rubbish in comparison with Christ (Philippians 3:7-8). We will "joyfully accept the plundering of our property" for the sake of unpopular acts of mercy (Hebrews 10:34). We will choose "rather to be mistreated with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin," and we will count "the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt" (Hebrews 11:25-26).'

Man, I want to be able to say this is my life. I want to be able to say, LOOK at how I live. It is not what I talk about and nod my head at... Its not just a one day a week lifestyle... It is not a - great idea... I desire to be a man of action...

I want my kids to follow my footsteps and see that their Mummy & Daddy were not 'talkers', they lived out the gospel in front of us...


Oh Lord may it be...

because...

His Wrath is Satisfied...