Jan 3
John Piper deep dives into Scripture, teaching us how to truly delight in the Lord.
Scripture References
23.If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored:
If you remove wickedness far from your tent24.and assign your nuggets to the dust,
your gold of Ophir to the rocks in the ravines,25.then the Almighty will be your gold,
the choicest silver for you.26.Surely then you will find delight in the Almighty
and will lift up your face to God.
7.After the Lord had said these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “I am angry with you and your two friends, because you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.
21.For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
9.“Does Job fear God for nothing?” Satan replied. 10.“Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and everything he has? You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land. 11.But now stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face.”
20.At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in worship 21.and said:
“Naked I came from my mother’s womb,
and naked I will depart.1:21 Or will return there
The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away;
may the name of the Lord be praised.”
4.“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give all he has for his own life. 5.But now stretch out your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse you to your face.”
Psalm 6363 In Hebrew texts 63:1-11 is numbered 63:2-12.
A psalm of David. When he was in the Desert of Judah.
1.You, God, are my God,
earnestly I seek you;
I thirst for you,
my whole being longs for you,
in a dry and parched land
where there is no water.
2.I have seen you in the sanctuary
and beheld your power and your glory.
3.Because your love is better than life,
my lips will glorify you.
4.I will praise you as long as I live,
and in your name I will lift up my hands.
5.I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods;
with singing lips my mouth will praise you.
6.On my bed I remember you;
I think of you through the watches of the night.
7.Because you are my help,
I sing in the shadow of your wings.
8.I cling to you;
your right hand upholds me.
9.Those who want to kill me will be destroyed;
they will go down to the depths of the earth.
10.They will be given over to the sword
and become food for jackals.
11.But the king will rejoice in God;
all who swear by God will glory in him,
while the mouths of liars will be silenced.
17.Though the fig tree does not bud
and there are no grapes on the vines,
though the olive crop fails
and the fields produce no food,
though there are no sheep in the pen
and no cattle in the stalls,18.yet I will rejoice in the Lord,
I will be joyful in God my Savior.
11.Not only is this so, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
18.For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit.
9.This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.
28.
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
15.
“If you love me, keep my commands.
1.And now, brothers and sisters, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian churches. 2.In the midst of a very severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity.
31.So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.
8.Yes, Lord, walking in the way of your laws,26:8 Or judgments
we wait for you;
your name and renown
are the desire of our hearts.
20.I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death. 21.For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.
John Piper
John Piper is the founder and teacher of desiringGod.org and chancellor of Bethlehem College and Seminary in Minneapolis. For 33 years, he served as pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church. He is the author of more than fifty books, and more than thirty years of his preaching and writing are available free of charge at desiringGod.org. John and his wife, Noël, have five children and 12 grandchildren.