Greater Love...

I awoke early this morning, my mind immediately drifted to the reality of the love that has been given to us in Christ.  Then, I read chapter 49 in the John Piper book that we have been reading as a church.  Here is an excerpt as our Easter weekend continues.                                                                                           

"Most of us have grown up thinking that being loved means being made much of.  Our whole world seems to be built on this assumption.  If I love you, I make much of you.  I help you feel good about yourself.  It is as though a sight of self is the secret of joy.  But we know better.  Even before we come to the Bible, we know this is not so.  Our happiest moments have not been self-saturated moments, but self-forgetful moments.  There have been times where we stood beside the Grand Canyon, or at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro, or viewed a stunning sunset over the Sahara, and for a fleeting moment felt the joy of sheer wonder.  This is what we were made for. Paradise will not be a hall of mirrors, it will be a display of majesty.  And it won't be ours.                                                              

If this is true, and if Christ is the most majestic reality in the universe, then what must his love to us be?  Surely not making much of us.  That would not satisfy our souls.  We were made for something much greater.  If we are to be as happy as we can be, we must see and savor the most glorious person of all Jesus Christ himself".  p 117

 Let's enjoy Him today and make much of Him today as we reflect on His death and Resurrection.