Christianity of mind…and heart

Many years ago John Piper, upon leaving the academic world as a college professor to enter pastoral ministry,  journaled the following words, impressed that this was what the Lord was speaking to his heart:

I will not simply be analyzed; I will be adored.

I will not simply be pondered; I will be proclaimed.

My sovereignty is not simply to be scrutinized; it is to be heralded.

It is not grist for the mill of controversy; it is gospel for sinners who know that their only hope is the sovereign triumph of God’s grace over their rebellious will.