Tim Keller explains how one of our culture's (especially in our zip code) great idols can only be conquered by the Gospel:
"The idol of success cannot be just expelled, it must be replaced. The human heart's desire for a particular valuable object may be conquered, but its need to have some such object is unconquerable. How can we beat our heart's fixation on doing 'some great thing' in order to heal ourselves of our sense of inadequacy, in order to give our lives meaning? Only when we see what Jesus, our great Suffering Servant, has done for us will we finally understand why God's salvation does not require us to do 'some great thing.' We don't have to do it, because Jesus has."
- Tim Keller, Counterfeit Gods
btw, I am reading this book now and I cannot recommend it highly enough, or anything else by Keller for that matter. You will be challenged, blessed and will hear the Gospel articulated in a fresh way. Buy it!
"The idol of success cannot be just expelled, it must be replaced. The human heart's desire for a particular valuable object may be conquered, but its need to have some such object is unconquerable. How can we beat our heart's fixation on doing 'some great thing' in order to heal ourselves of our sense of inadequacy, in order to give our lives meaning? Only when we see what Jesus, our great Suffering Servant, has done for us will we finally understand why God's salvation does not require us to do 'some great thing.' We don't have to do it, because Jesus has."
- Tim Keller, Counterfeit Gods
btw, I am reading this book now and I cannot recommend it highly enough, or anything else by Keller for that matter. You will be challenged, blessed and will hear the Gospel articulated in a fresh way. Buy it!
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