Taste and See
Overview
This resource replaces A Godward Life: Book Two and adds twenty fresh entries to the original 120 daily meditations, broaching current and controversial subject matter, such as partial-birth abortion and gay marriage. Piper finds poignant, practical truths from the Bible regarding many of the difficult questions facing Christians today. These pages of substantive spiritual nourishment will brace readers’ minds with truth and nourish their hearts with God’s sovereign grace. Pastors and lay leaders will find the indexes included in this revision very helpful. Piper’s offering of 140 carefully crafted meditations will satisfy your spiritual hunger pangs, whetting your appetite for more of God Himself. These meditations are designed to refresh you in your daily communion time with Christ. R. Albert Mohler, Jr., president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, tells us, “This volume is a treasure of true doctrine applied to life.” “Going to sleep with John Piper’s words on your mind will coax you from complacency and wake you up to a passionate faith,” says Phil Callaway, speaker and bestselling author.
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Product Details
- Title: Taste and See
- Author: John Piper
- Publisher: Multnomah
- Publication Date: 2005
Top Highlights
“Now, is there not a lesson in this? There is for me. It’s this: As soon as we discover we have a problem, God has already been working on it and the solution is on the way.” (Page 19)
“They will not always turn out the way we think is best. But that does not mean God is not at work. He is always at work. And he is turning all our losses and all our pains into something good for us as we trust him. This is his promise.” (Pages 19–20)
“The love of God is not God’s making much of us, but God’s saving us from self-centered sin so that we can enjoy making much of him forever. And our love to others is not our making much of them, but our helping them to find eternal satisfaction in making much of God. The only ultimate love is a love that aims at satisfying people in the glory of God. Any love that terminates on man is eventually destructive. It does not lead a person to the only lasting joy, namely, God. Love must be God-centered or it is not the greatest love; it leaves people without their deepest need and only hope.” (Page 44)
“The point is that the sluggard creates imaginary circumstances to justify not doing his work and thus shifts the focus from the vice of his laziness to the danger of lions. No one will approve his staying in the house all day just because he is lazy.” (Page 27)
“If we believe in the God of Romans 8:28, we will always remember that by the time we know a problem exists, God has already been working on it and his solution is on the way. Ponder the eagerness of God to work for us. ‘From of old no one has heard or perceived by the ear, no eye has seen a God besides thee, who works for those who wait for him’ (Isaiah 64:4, rsv, emphasis added). ‘The eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show his might in behalf of those whose heart is blameless toward him’ (2 Chronicles 16:9, rsv, emphasis added). ‘Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me [literally: pursue me] all the days of my life’ (Psalm 23:6, rsv).” (Page 19)
