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Thursday, January 1, 2009
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Key Bible Verse: "My life is worth nothing unless I use it for doing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus" (Acts 20:24).
During World War II, it wasn't just the military that made sacrifices. The whole country changed its priorities, just like the whole church could today.
In Flags of Our Fathers, James Bradley writes, "The entire nation seemed overnight to have snapped out of its Depression-era lethargy. Everyone scrambled to be of help. Rubber was needed for the war effort, and gasoline, and metal. A women's basketball game at Northwestern University was stopped so that the referee and all ten players could scour the floor for a lost bobby pin!
"Americans pitched in to support strict rationing programs and their boys turned out as volunteers in various collection 'drives.' Soon butter and milk were restricted along with canned goods and meat. Shoes became scarce, and paper, and silk. People grew 'victory gardens' and drove at the gas-saving 'victory speed' of 35 miles an hour. 'Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without' became a popular slogan. Air raid sirens and blackouts were scrupulously obeyed. America sacrificed."
Such images are for me very powerful. Secondarily, they make me appreciate the benefits of freedom and prosperity. But primarily they rebuke me for my frivolous living and inspire me to make my life count for something more than comfort and worldly success—something God-exalting and eternal.
—John Piper in Don't Waste Your Life
Adapted from Don't Waste Your Life (Crossway, 2003) by permission.
Copyright © 2009 by the author or Christianity Today International/Men of Integrity magazine.
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