What Dr. Lloyd-Jones means is that we end up listening to our feelings about our
circumstances, instead of talking to
ourselves about the truth of who God is and what Jesus accomplished for us on
the cross. A lot of people call this, "Preaching the gospel to yourself."
For years I journaled every day. I filled up multiple spiral notebooks. But one day I realized most
of my reflections were about how I felt. Often how I felt was lousy. I learned
about me, me, me, but I didn’t get any closer to Jesus.
Admiring Christ is an attempt to look outward, instead—at Jesus. Admiring Christ means seeing Him in the Scriptures, meditating on His character and finished work, and reminding myself
of what's really true, especially when I feel otherwise. I need to stop listening to myself, and start talking to myself--about Him!
John Piper has a great reflection (below) from the Psalms on “talking
to yourself.”
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