No Longer Quivering
by Marco Silva from John Piper ‘s Desiring God – The Most Dangerous Place to Raise a Child
Editor’s note: Oh good grief! None of this even remotely mentions raising children. It’s all whining about greedy keep-up-with-the-Jones type behavior. Oddly enough the most of that behavior that is observable seems to be in the world of Evangelical Christianity. Look at Joel Osteen’s actions and words in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. You can see it in the words of people like Nancy Campbell, Lori Alexander, Debi Pearl and others while they compete to be the ‘most Godly’ instead of concentrating on the most fancy things. It’s still a type of greed that warps them.
Our craving for more has plagued us from the very beginning.
Our first parents lusted after more when they trusted a talking snake and took forbidden fruit to satisfy their longing to be like God (Genesis 3:5). When God brought his beloved people through the parted sea, Israel’s triumphant song devolved into grumbling over meat and bread in less than two months (Exodus 16:2–3). The prophet Amos decried the northern kingdom of Israel for their gluttonous appetite, which led them to “trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earth” (Amos 2:6–8).
We may never really believe it, but our seemingly safe streets dotted, with single-family homes, can lurk with more danger than a war-torn, famine-stricken land. There, sin’s destruction reigns apparent in violence and hunger. But here, the wealth that masquerades as God’s undeniable favor can turn, oh so subtly, into a barrier, not a blessing. A craving for more, intensified by our exceptional means, just might lead some of us away from the faith
When I whine for more, I align myself with evil (1 Timothy 6:10). But when I give thanks, I lock onto the very will of God (1 Thessalonians 5:18). And in God’s curious kindness, when we praise him for all that he is for us, he gives us the best gift anyone could ask for: more of himself.
So, in the end, more stuff, more money, and even more time can never satisfy. But in Jesus, God gives us more than we could have ever bargained for. When we invest in contenting our souls in him, he pays unimaginable dividends in the currency of eternity.
QUOTING QUIVERFULL is a regular feature of NLQ – we present the actual words of noted Quiverfull leaders, cultural enforcers and those that seek to keep women submitted to men and ask our readers: What do you think? Agree? Disagree? This is the place to state your opinion. Please, let’s keep it respectful – but at the same time, we encourage readers to examine the ideas of Quiverfull and Spiritual Abuse honestly and thoughtfully.
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