I read a lot of John Piper on vacation, from his book, Desiring God. His main point is that we glorify God most when we enjoy Him and take delight in Him and find our deepest satisfaction in Him. Here is a piece on what it means to be converted (hint: not just to believe).
"Once we had no delight in God, and Christ was just a vague historical figure. What we enjoyed was food and friendships and productivity and investments and vacations and hobbies and games and reading and shopping and sex and sports and art and TV and travel... but not God. He was an idea - even a good one - and a topic for discussion; but He was not a treasure of delight.
"Then something miraculous happened. It was like the opening of the eyes of the blind during the golden dawn. First the stunned silence before the unspeakable beauty of holiness. Then a shock and terror that we had actually loved the darkness. Then the settling stillness of joy that this is the soul's end. The quest is over. We would give anything if we might be granted to live in the presence of this glory forever and ever.
"And then, faith.... confidence that if I come to God through Christ, He will give me the desire of my heart to share His holiness and behold His glory."
Part of being a Christian means wanting different (and better) things than unbelievers around us want.
How about you? What do you desire most?
Once you have answered that question honestly, which may take a few hours, days, or even weeks to ponder, then ask yourself this: how does God fit into my deepest desires?
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