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What is the motivation to obey a law that seems nonsensical? It can only be deep trust in the one who asks. This is not how we relate to most laws though.
“Your deepest desire,” he observes, “is the one manifested by your daily life and habits.”6 This is because our action—our doing—bubbles up from our loves, which, as we’ve observed, are habits we’ve acquired through the practices we’re immersed in. That means the formation of my loves and desires can be happening “under the hood” of consciousness. I might be learning to love a telos that I’m not even aware of and that nonetheless governs my life in unconscious ways.”
― You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit
― You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit
“We were not designed to settle for personal survival, temporal happiness, or individual success. We were created to find our meaning, identity, and purpose in the existence, character, and plan of God.”
― A Quest for More: Living for Something Bigger than You
― A Quest for More: Living for Something Bigger than You
“The Bible is not a story of people seeking God. This is the story of a perfect God who pursues imperfect people.”
― SelfLess: Living Your Part in the Big Story of God
― SelfLess: Living Your Part in the Big Story of God
“It is not good for us to be alone. If we, God’s image-bearers, are content with shallow relationships, we imply that He is a shallow God.”
― SelfLess: Living Your Part in the Big Story of God
― SelfLess: Living Your Part in the Big Story of God
“Our identity was meant to be rooted in his love. Our hope was designed to be tied to his grace. Our potential was meant to be connected to his power. Our purpose was meant to be structured by his will. Our joy was meant to be wed to his glory. In every way, our vision of what is necessary, true, worthy, and meaningful was meant to be rooted in a functional worship of him. We were created for the dignity of living large and meaningful lives—lives that literally are connected to things before the creation of the world and extending far into eternity.”
― A Quest for More: Living for Something Bigger than You
― A Quest for More: Living for Something Bigger than You
Matt’s 2024 Year in Books
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