The Chief End
The chief end of man is to glorify God
BY
enjoying him forever
Piper's well-known Christian Hedonist creed, "God is most glorified when we are most satisfied in Him", pours out of every word of Desiring God from the first page. I am excited to see what God will show me through this work of theology and what practical implication it will have on my life.
His first chapter touches on something that I believe most could relate to and I certainly did: the guilt of being motivated by pleasure instead of selflessness. Piper describes the feeling that if he did something good for others, it felt lessened if he realized that he was getting something out of it personally - This doesn't feel like being selfless.
But perhaps, as Piper suggests when he quotes the Weight of Glory by C.S. Lewis, being selfless isn't the end goal. The end goal is God's glory.
And when pleasure is found in Him, this is the only motivator that can sustain us.
More to come
-T
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