The release date for the English version of 'Don't Waste Your Life' by
John Piper is May 2003. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
"I will tell you what a tragedy is," writes John Piper. I'll teach you how to throw away your life. Take a look at this tale from the Reader's Digest from February 1998: Five years ago, at the age of 51 and 59, a couple in the Northeast decided to take an early retirement from their occupations. They now reside in Punta Gorda, Florida, where they play softball, shell-collect, and cruise on their 30-foot trawler. See them standing before Christ on the big judgment day and say, "Look, Lord." Look at my shells. It's tragic that way.
"God made us with the sole purpose of happily exhibiting his utmost perfection in every aspect of life. A life devoid of enthusiasm is a wasted one. In order to make the most of God in every aspect of our life, rather than to be made much of, he urges us to pray, think, imagine, plan, and labor."
Most people go through life without having a strong desire to serve God; instead, they focus on unimportant activities, pursue comfort and pleasure, and sometimes strive to abstain from sin. This book will caution you against being entangled in a meaningless existence. It will test your resolve to make God's glory your one and only passion and to live and die boasting in the cross of Christ. Read this book, learn to live for Christ, and don't squander your life if you think that to live is Christ and to die is gain!