I liked this phrase when I read it today, it relates to the quote of Erwin Mcmanus that Zach Neilsen shared last week in relation to what seems to be our endless narcissm. God’s action is certainly personal and intimate but the reason for that is that he calls us beyond ourselves, to deny ourselves for the sake of others, to see that the world is more than us.
Why do we watch the world series? Why do we watch gymnastics when the Olympics roll around? Why do we go to the Grand Canyon? Why do we go to the Alps? Why do we go to the ocean? Why do we want to get near bigness and beauty and magnificence and excellence? It’s because that’s what we were made for. We were not made for mirrors. We were made for standing in front of what is infinitely beautiful having it so satisfy us.
-John Piper, quoted in The Blazing Center, session 2.
