John Piper - Não Desperdice Sua Vida

[Music] you don't have to know a lot of things in order to make a huge difference for the Lord in the world but you do need to know a few things things that are [Music] great and be willing to live for them and die for them people that make a difference in the world are not people who have mastered a lot of things they are people who have been Mastered by a very few things that are very very great [Music] if you want your life to count you don't have to have a high IQ and

you don't have to have a high EQ you don't have to be smart you don't have to have good looks you don't have to be from a good family or from a good school you just have to know a few basic simple glorious [Music] Majestic obvious unchanging Eternal things and be gripped by them and be willing to lay down your life for them which is why anybody in this crowd can make a worldwide difference cuz it isn't you it's what you're ripped [Music] with but one of the really sad things about this moment right now

is that there are hundreds of You In This Crowd who do not want your life to make a [Music] difference all you want is to be [Music] likeed [Music] maybe finish school get a good job find a husband or a wife a nice house a nice car long weekends good vacations grow old healthy have a fun retirement die easy no hell and that's all you want you don't give a rip whether your life counts on this Earth for eternity that's a tragedy in the making that is a tragedy in the making about 3 weeks ago

we got news at our church that Ruby Elias and Laura Edwards were killed in Cameroon Ruby Elias over 80 single all her life a nurse poured her life out for one thing to make Jesus Christ known among the sick and the poor in the hardest and most unreached places Laura Edwards a medical doctor in the Twin Cities and then in retirement partnering up with Ruby also pushing 80 and going from Village to Village in Cameroon and the brakes give way over a cliff they go and they're dad instantly and I asked my people is this

a [Music] tragedy two women in their 80s almost a a whole life devoted to one idea Jesus Christ magnified among the poor and the sick in the hardest places and 20 years after most of their American counterparts had begun to throw their lives away on trivialities in Florida and New Mexico fly into eternity with a death in a moment is this a tragedy I asked it is not a tragedy I'll read you what a tragedy is I've got a little article here from Readers Digest you don't read Readers Digest I know that but there is

a generation who does [Music] this is a tragedy title of the article start now retire early February 1998 Bob and Penny took early retirement from their jobs in the Northeast 5 years ago when he was 59 and she was [Music] 51 now they live in Puna Gorda Florida where they cruise on their 30 foot trer play softball and collect [Music] shells that's a tragedy that's a tragedy and there are people in this country that are spending billions of dollars to get you to buy it and I get 40 minutes to plead with you don't bite

with all my heart I plead with you don't buy that dream the American dream a nice house a nice car a nice job a nice family a nice retirement collecting shells as the last chapter before you stand before the creator of the universe to give an account with what you did here it is Lord my shell collection look Lord my shell collection and I've got a good swing and look at my [Music] boat God look get my bone [Music] god well not for Ruby and not for Laura don't waste your life don't waste it