Timothy J. Keller Quote
Then the Bible says that human beings were made in God's image. That means, among other things, that we were created to worship and live for God's glory, not our own. We were made to serve God and others. That means paradoxically that if we try to put our own happiness ahead of obedience to God, we violate our own nature and become, ultimately, miserable. Jesus restates the principle when he says, Whoever wants to save his life shall lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it (Matthew 16:25). He is saying, If you seek happiness more than you seek me, you will have neither; if you seek to serve me more than serve happiness, you will have both.
Then the Bible says that human beings were made in God's image. That means, among other things, that we were created to worship and live for God's glory, not our own. We were made to serve God and others. That means paradoxically that if we try to put our own happiness ahead of obedience to God, we violate our own nature and become, ultimately, miserable. Jesus restates the principle when he says, Whoever wants to save his life shall lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it (Matthew 16:25). He is saying, If you seek happiness more than you seek me, you will have neither; if you seek to serve me more than serve happiness, you will have both.
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