Piper on the trials of Martin Luther

July 30, 2008 Book reviews, recommends, Quotes 1 Comment

Seeing such things in the lives of the saints has caused me to think twice before I begrudge the trials of my ministry. How often I am tempted to think that the pressures and conflicts and frustrations are simply distractions from the business of ministry and bible study. Luther (along with Psalm 116:67, 71) teaches us to see it all another way. The stresses of life, the interruptions, the disappointments, the conflicts, the physical ailments, the losses- all this may be the very lens through which we see the meaning of God’s word as never before.

Piper, When I don’t Desire God; p.135