I like God’s sweet reminders that He is intimately involved in, and, indeed, arranges the details of my life.
Last night I read this out of that fabulous book I recommend to all people everywhere:
I have to seek God beauty. Because isn’t my internal circuitry wired to seek out something worthy of worship? Every moment I live, I live bowed to something. And if I don’t see God, I’ll bow down to something else.
Ann Voskamp‘s words rung true as I read them. Yes, we are made for worship. Will we worship the created, or do we have eyes to see past the creation to the Creator of all that takes our breath away? The Creator – He is what actually deserves our worship. The beautiful creation is only beautiful because He made it so. Without Him, there would be nothing to arrest our wonder.
I put down the book, finished with that thought.
Well, I was finished. But God wasn’t.
He smiled to Himself, excitedly anticipating my joy when He would bring up the subject again 13 hours later – His not-so-subtle, personal message to me that He is always with me, ordering my days, looking for ways to tell me, “I love you so.”
Sitting in the corner of my usual coffee shop, desiring to write but lacking a subject, I thumbed through my Bible. I’m 9 days behind in my read-through-the-Bible-in-a-year plan. I’ve been behind all year – 30+ days behind at times.
But our sovereign Lord knew I’d be x days behind long before it came to pass, and He has continued to meet me just where I was throughout the year.
This morning was no exception. Having writer’s block, I decided to read my prescribed chapters, 9 days late.
Galatians 4. Paul is speaking to believers and says, “God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, ‘Abba, Father,'” (Galatians 4:6).
The Holy Spirit in us has one cry – Father! The Spirit has one job – to point the believer to the Father.
Thinking, slowly, the Spirit connects the dots for me. The words from last night’s reading of Ann’s book come back to mind. We are made for worship. We all worship something all the time. But we get to choose what or whom receives our praise. Will it be the created or the Creator?
The Spirit, living inside each believer, cries, “Creator!” – a synonym for Father, but no less biblical.
My heart fills, warm, and God’s smile is wide. He brims with joy as He watches me realize He has ordered the reading of that chapter of that book on that night, the night before He has ordered the reading of that chapter of Galatians, 9 days late, the very next morning.
The Holy Spirit gives me the eyes to see Abba, Father, when I’d otherwise miss Him. I need the supernatural lens to see the supernatural work of the Lord in my life.
Thank you, Lord, for the gift of the Spirit that has enabled me to see your personal love for and joy over me today. Help the readers see You in their details today, and may they be filled with joy when they do.
I like God being sovereign. He’s so much better at running my life than I am.
“Every moment I live, I live bowed to something. And if I don’t see God, I’ll bow down to something else”. I liked this quote! Thanks for sharing.
I just wanted to add that in all relationships (Human and with the Divine), depth has dissappeared. The relationship that has to exist between the Master and His disciples has completely disappeared. We cannot understand Jesus if we cannot understand the dimension of the relationship that exists between a Master and his disciples. For this surrender is the key. God Bless.