Maggie's Farm

It’s been few long years since I’ve turned those pages, but I turned them to the last. It’s a seductive idea to any fool-for-Christ that a believer should pursue their pleasure in service of God, but there are at times a different perspective in the Scriptures: David’s anguished resolve to serve God in the Psalms; Job’s undeserved torment; and the admonition found in the book of Romans, et al, to rejoice in suffering, because suffering brings perseverance, perseverance character, and character hope. These are a sober reminder to the person of faith who would forget the purpose of God is not the plan of men. There are times when such service seems more like the fortunes of war. Does Piper address this in his work? I’ve forgotten—it’s been too many years since I've been between those covers—but it would be a fool for Christ indeed who believed the path of faith in God a seductive pleasure. Seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness. The rest a wise man would leave to God.