4 Mistakes I Hope You Don't Make

As I approach graduation in May, there are a lot of things that I wish I would have known throughout my college days. These 4 common mistakes in our culture would have been extremely helpful to know in my journey. I hope they help you in whatever journey you are on.

The following post is adapted from John Piper's message from a college graduation delivered May 13, 2007.



"I don't feel excited when I hear a question like: "You want to be a firefighter? Why are you in college?" "You want to be a homemaker? Why are you in college?"

So I'm here to try to share a little wisdom and and I could care less -- as long as it's not sin -- what vocation you use this wisdom in.

Mistake #1 : Big is better than small

God uses little David-like people to accomplish huge Goliath-like things because he is jealous to get the credit.

Mistake #2 : New is better than old.

Read old books. You need the wisdom of the ages to combat the folly of the present.
In school, it doesn't matter what you major in. Just find the wisest teachers and take everything from them. When great changes happen, its not from new ideas. the reformation was a great leap forward precisely by going backward.

Mistake #3: Having is better than being.

There's no correlation between the fullness of life and the muchness of having.

Don't reduce you life to acquring things. Study, make decisions, and live to become and behold, not to be rich.

Mistake #4 : Visible is better than invisible.

The most important things are not visible. God is invisible and he is the greatest reality of all. If you structure your life around sight, it will be out of touch with reality.

Be not be much interested in outward appearance. Be interested in inner realities.

If God is God -- and he is --small with him is better than big with anybody. His old things are bettter than anybody's new things. Being his child is better than having the world. And better to be blind with the invisible God than to see everything without Him.