The Wonderful Cross

When I survey the wondrous cross

On which the Prince of Glory died

My richest gain I count but loss

And pour contempt on all my pride

See from his head, his hands, his feet

Sorrow and love flow mingled down

Did ever such love and sorrow meet

Or thorns compose so rich a crown

O the wonderful cross, O the wonderful cross

Bids me come and die and find that I may truly live

O the wonderful cross, O the wonderful cross

All who gather here by grace draw near and bless Your name

Were the whole realm of nature mine

That were an offering far too small

Love so amazing, so divine

Demands my soul, my life, my all

- "The Wonderful Cross", Chris Tomlin

This song was running through my head all day yesterday.

Heaven: Perfect Love & Humility

Those that have a lower station in glory than others, suffer no diminution of their own happiness by seeing others above them in glory. On the contrary, all the members of that blessed society rejoice in each other’s happiness, for the love of benevolence is perfect in them all. Every one has not only a sincere, but a perfect goodwill to every other.

And what puts it beyond all doubt that seeing the superior happiness of others will not be a damp to the happiness of the inferior, is this, that their superior happiness consists in their greater humility, and in their greater love to them, and to God, and to Christ, than the inferior will have in themselves. Such will be the sweet and perfect harmony among the heavenly saints, and such the perfect love reigning in every heart toward every other, without limit or alloy, or interruption; and no envy, or malice, or revenge, or contempt, or selfishness shall ever enter there, but all such feelings shall be kept as far away as sin is from holiness, and as hell is from heaven!

- Jonathan Edwards, "Heaven, A World of Love"

When I see someone who is better at something that I am, something which brings glory to God, I am tempted to envy that person and thus reveal that I really want to bring glory to myself rather than rejoicing in the Lord's glory. May I always rejoice when He is glorified.

God's Goals

"God's wisdom means that God always chooses the best goals and the best means to these goals." - Wayne Grudem

This quote sums up what I've been thinking so well. My goals is to serve God wherever the Lord can best use me for His purpose and that is how I can best glorify Him.