About Missions.

Today, I'm driving over to see my dear kindred spirit before she leaves for Tanzania for 3! years. My heart is just a bit heavy, admittedly. Zigs encouraged me to read the book "Let the Nations Be Glad" by John Piper. Here's a quote regarding the goal of missions:

“We are summoning people to God. And those who come say, “In your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore” (Ps. 16:11). God glorifies himself among the nations with the command, “Delight yourself in the LORD!” (Ps. 37:4). His first and great requirement of all men everywhere is that they repent from seeking their joy in other things and begin to seek it only in him. A God who cannot be served is a God who can only be enjoyed. The great sin of the world is not that the human race has failed to work for God so as to increase his glory but that we have failed to delight in God so as to reflect his glory, for God’s glory is most reflected in us when we are most delighted in him.” John Piper

The subject of the glory of God is something thats really hard to wrap my arms around. But, as John Piper describes, God is most glorified when we are most delighted in Him (via the Westminster Catechism). I'm going to take these thoughts on the road for my long drive today.