Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Playground

"One of the biggest lies we fall for today is rampant even in our churches. He has convinced us that life is a playground, that our primary goal is to be happy, and that God is the cosmic vending machine that can make it happen.

Because we so desperately want life to be a playground, we do whatever we can to make it one. We go through life as consumers, shopping for the best toys we can find to make us happy, scouting out the best vacation spots to keep us rested and refreshed, and filling up our free time with diversion after diversion. After all, if life is a playground, our number one goal ought to be to enjoy it."

--Chip Ingram, The Invisible War