Desiring God - A Book Review

I was first given Desiring God as a gift by a wonderfully godly and humble man who described it as his favourite book

(apart from the bible),
and while not being great at reading Christian books (strange for a minister!) his recommendation was enough to make me pick it up
and read.

At the time of reading I found this book's central theme - that God is most glorified when we are most satisfied in Him - both unfamiliar and stimulating.
I had thought much about the "duty" of the Christian life - a life of sacrifice and suffering of the Christian life.
Piper's work forced me to consider that the Christian "duty" was first and foremost one of joy.

For me this turned on its head my thinking - about God, me and the service I owe God.
Such revolutionary change in thinking does not come quickly (to me at least) - and as such this has been a book whose idea(s)

have slowly permeated my thinking and life over many years.

I was speaking to a committed Christian in our congregation the other year - about why their ministry seemed to be driven
by a sense of guilt or obligation that meant they tended to resent the work they did and quickly became keen to quit what they

had volunteered to do.
That is not my experience and on reflection the difference in our thinking seemed to be the lessons I had learnt from Desiring God

(which I then recommended they went out and buy - which they did!).

If you read one Christian book in your life - I would recommend you make it this one.

You can get it here:
book depository

Or here:

koorong

Or download a free copy here:

desiring god

Or a free audio book here:

Christian audio