Its been about 9 months now and this battle with the blog world has continued. I’m finishing a few months of craziness of school, traveling, and work. It’s the end of a relaxing day off with a little game of FIFA ‘09. I was recently re-reading a book called the Unquenchable Worshipper by Matt Redman. It one of those books that you can pick up and re-read and get something different out of it every time.
As I was reading I came across this statement “the heart of God loves a persevering worshipper who, though overwhelmed by many troubles, is overwhelmed even more by the beauty of God.” I’ve always been someone who loves nature. Not like the tree hugging loves nature but the rather be outside with fresh air than laying around or stuck in the office. But even since I was little I loved being outside. I always loved to travel just to see different terrain. It could be fields (though not my favorite), mountains, river, beaches or the ocean I was just mesmerized by it. In Romans 1 it says “For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.” The last month I’ve been concentrating on the holiness of God. Not the idea of being set apart but the idea of Holy our God is.
I was in Indiana this last month and for the first time encountered a midwest thunderstorm (which I hope never happens again). But I was so blown away by the power of God. In Psalm 97 it talks about the power of our God and He is most high over all the earth. When I sat back in awe and this lightning I thought the creator of this lightning, the one that has the power to control the rotation of our planet, the one who allows the air to breathe, in all His vastness still loves us individually and though each of us doesn’t deserve it He’s grace has saved us and is sufficient. I don’t know but it becomes custom so many times that I think we let it become another thought that our all powerful God has allowed us to be used by Him so that He can receive the glory due to Him. It continually blows me away and I pray that it does that continually.
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June 9, 2009 at 1:58 pm
Thanks for sharing this quote from Matt Redman (love him!). “the heart of God loves a persevering worshipper who, though overwhelmed by many troubles, is overwhelmed even more by the beauty of God.” We just don’t realize how powerful our worship is!