The Things of Earth: Treasuring God by Enjoying His Gifts by Joe Rigney

I recently finished reading The Things of Earth: Treasuring God by Enjoying His Gifts by Joe Rigney.
Here are some quotes that stood out to me.

"What’s more, a supreme and full love for God does not negate our love for other people. The Great Commandment (Love God fully) leads straight into the second greatest: love your neighbor as yourself. Much more can be said, but for the moment it’s enough to note that according to Jesus, love for neighbor is not at odds with full love for God. In fact, love for neighbor is what love for God looks like when it meets neighbors."
(Kindle edition, page 91)

"God is not honored by a duty-driven approach to the Christian life, unless we include the duty to delight in God."
(Kindle edition, page 117)

"In short, there is a way of losing your life that looks like finding your life, because it is finding your life. There is a way of denying yourself that brings out your true self, your full self, your glad self. There is a way of embracing sacrifice and hardship and inconvenience (however great or small) that will be identified by some as a kind of enjoyment. You will look like you are having too much of a good time. You will spend yourself and be spent, and you will do so with a twinkle in your eye and laughter in your heart."
(Kindle edition, page 183)

"In short, wealth has to do with resources broadly speaking, and a narrow fixation on dollars and cents can obscure and distort more than it can help illuminate."
(Kindle edition, page 186)

"As good as wealth is, it can keep us from entering the kingdom. It can easily become a rival to God, the kind that makes us despise him. And Paul tells us that if you see an evil walking around in the world, there’s a good bet that the love of money is lurking somewhere underneath it."
(Kindle edition, page 188)

"Having gratefully received provision for our needs from God’s hand, we are called to use what we’ve been given to bless others—to meet their physical needs, their emotional needs, and, most importantly, their spiritual need for the gospel."
(Kindle edition, page 189)


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