RADICAL by David Platt
Jeremy and I just finished ready the book Radical by David Platt and would highly encourage others to read it. It continues to challenge us and we are in the process of making some major changes in our family as a result of some of the convictions we experienced while reading it.
There are a tremendous number of quotes and challenges from the book that are still vivid in our minds but this one resonates most frequently in my mind, so I thought I'd share:
"You and I have an average of about seventy or eighty years on this earth. During this years we are bombarded with the temporary. Make money. Get stuff. Be comfortable. Live well. Have fun. In the middle of all of it, we get blinded to the eternal. But it's there.
You and I stand on the porch of eternity. Both of us will soon stand before God to give an account for our stewardship of the time, the gifts, and ultimately the gospel he has entrusted to us. When that day comes, I am convinced we will not wish we had given more of ourselves to the American dream. We will not wish we had made more money, acquired more stuff, lived more comfortably, taken more vacations, watched more television, pursued greater retirements, or been successful in the eyes of the world. Instead we will wish we had given more of ourselves to living for the day when every nation, tribe, people and language will bow around the throne and sing the praises of the Savior who delights in radical obedience and the God who deserves eternal worship..." ~ Radical by David Platt
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