From Sam Storms in his book One Thing,

“God is the most God-centered being in the universe. He is consumed with love for himself and has infinite admiration for his own beauty. This passionate desire to be joyfully celebrated is the reason you and I exist. If all we do is think about God, even if our thoughts are accurate, we’re better off not thinking at all. Telling others what we think isn’t much better. The reason why we think about God and tell others what we’ve thought is so that all of us might relish the very idea of Him and rejoice that so great a God is ours…

I want to arouse spiritual passion. I aim to pour as much gasoline on whatever is left of the lingering spark in your soul as I possibly can. I hope to stoke the fires of concern and zeal and yearning that God first lit in you when he shaped you in his image. I want you to care deeply and doggedly about your religion and to be disturbed and broken-hearted when others thumb their collective noses at Jesus.

Apathy is impossible in the presence of the Son of God. Ineffable beauty compels a response: either passionate devotion or hatred. Middle-of-the-road, straddle-the-fence, you-do-your-thing-and-I’ll-do-mine indifference dies when Jesus draws near. Love him or despise him, but abandon the myth that he can be tolerated. Sing for joy or spit in his face. Apathy simply isn’t an option…

God created you for something better, for the heart-pounding joy and mind-bending fascination and whit-hot happiness that comes from relishing and rejoicing in the beauty of Jesus Christ.”