If God's love for his children is to be measured by our health, wealth, and comfort in this life, God hated the apostle Paul.
John PiperGod is at work in the worst of times. He is at work doing a thousand things no one can see but him.
John PiperOur obedience is God's pleasure when it proves that God is our treasure. This is good news, because it means very simply that the command to obey is the command to be happy in God. The commandments of God are only as hard to obey as the promises of God are hard to believe. The Word of God is only as hard to obey as the beauty of God is hard to cherish.
John Piper