Underlying all their appetites, what is it people crave? What do I crave and long for?
John Piper says:
People are starving for the grandeur of God. And the vast majority do not know it...Christian preachers, more than all others, should know this truth-that people are starving for God. ~The Supremacy of God in Preaching 107-108
Johnathan Edwards says:
The enjoyment of God is the only happiness with which our souls can be satisfied. To go to heaven, fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations here. Fathers and mothers, husbands, wives, or children, or the company of earthly friends, are but shadows; but God is the substance. There are but scattered beams, but God is the sun. These are but streams. But God is the ocean. ~Johnathan Edwards in The Supremacy of God in Preaching 109
As I read through Ecclesiastes this truth jumps out again and again. Only in God can we find everything our souls yearns for.
John Piper says:
People are starving for the grandeur of God. And the vast majority do not know it...Christian preachers, more than all others, should know this truth-that people are starving for God. ~The Supremacy of God in Preaching 107-108
Johnathan Edwards says:
The enjoyment of God is the only happiness with which our souls can be satisfied. To go to heaven, fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations here. Fathers and mothers, husbands, wives, or children, or the company of earthly friends, are but shadows; but God is the substance. There are but scattered beams, but God is the sun. These are but streams. But God is the ocean. ~Johnathan Edwards in The Supremacy of God in Preaching 109
As I read through Ecclesiastes this truth jumps out again and again. Only in God can we find everything our souls yearns for.
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