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Our Worship and Our Fears

A Sneak Preview of Tullian Tchividjian’s Surprised By Grace

“Behind everything you worship is some fear that, without this person or thing, you’d be lost. Life wouldn’t be worth living. Your fears cause you to attribute ultimate worth either to things such as success, reputation, family, relationships, or to God. Either you believe your life would be meaningless without your friends, or your career achievement, or your children, or your possessions, or your social status, or whatever, or you believe your life wouldn’t be worth living without God, because you know he alone can provide everything you need (and, in fact, long for)—justification, love, mercy, grace, cleansing, a new beginning, eternal approval and acceptance, righteousness, and rescue.”

Read his entire excerpt here.

November 23, 2009 | Posted in: Books,Fear and Anxiety,Worship | Author: Crossway Staff @ 2:50 pm | 0 Comments »

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