Majesty...
I haven't written in a while. I try not to write unless I am inspired and feel as though I have something edifying and worth sharing. I almost find it risky to even say such a statement because, WOW, God is always worth talking about. There is always something to say about Him. I mean, for all of eternity we will never stop worshiping Him and sharing of all His wonderful and mighty deeds. So how could it possibly be that I would find myself with little to write about?!?
I think the answer to that question is that I am human and frankly I am not in heaven yet so I am not able to have eyes that truly see and a mind that can truly concieve the majesty of God.
Over the past few months God has taught me so much. I have been in a season of abundant revelation. Every time I have opened the Sacred Texts the words have been jumping off the page and going straight to my heart. I have needed a lot of wisdom and direction and God has been meeting that need everytime I come to Him. He has lavished encouragement and strength on me through His word so that I have lacked nothing.
I am very thankful for this. There is a fresh excitement and joy I feel at the thought of seeking Him. This season has been anything but dry. Deuteronomy 2:7, "The Lord your God has blessed everything you have done and has watched your every step through this great wilderness...the Lord your God has been with you and provided for your every need so that you lacked nothing."
God has blessed me more than I could ever ask for. The biggest blessing of this season has been more of Him; more of His spirit and a greater understanding of His love. This is nothing I have earned or diserved, which is why I feel so blessed to have God be my pillar of cloud by day and my pillar of fire by night (Ex 13:21).
Deuteronomy 7:7 keeps it all in perspective for me, "The Lord did not choose you and lavish His love on you because you were larger or greater than other nations, for you were the smallest of all nations! It was simply because the Lord loves you." The Message puts it this way: "God wasn't attracted to you and didn't choose you because you were big and important- the fact is, there was almost nothing to you. He did it out of sheer love."
This is an amazing thought. God loves me in a way that He wants to express it lavishly! It is not a little-dab-will-do type of expression; but an exstravagant lavish outpouring of infinate love. This is freely given- there for me to recieve, if I just come with a heart willing to accept it- really if I just come at all. The same is true for you. His love is unfailing and wild- it knows no bounds and can never be contained.
Come and taste and see that Lord is good. Drink from the cup of His love till you are drunk and are unable to hold anymore. Let it spill all over you, dribble down your chin, stain your clothes and soak your toes! Be excessive- you can never get enough of it- you can never have too much of it. Come with high expectations of being filled. His word promises to exceed your expectations according to His goodness and plan (Eph 3:20).
My biggest desire in this season is to see the majesty of God. I know I can never fully concieve His greatness but I want a greater revelation of Him. My brain starts to hurt everytime I try to wrap my mind around such an untamable almighty God. Whenever I try to meditate on His surpassing greatness I end up frustrated because even the thought of it is so beyond me. This is where I am desparate for the Holy Spirit to come and bring revelation and understanding to me. I'm desperate for Him to enlighten the eyes of my heart.
I read all throughout the Word things like: man is a mere breath or a passing shadow or a grasshopper in the sight of God. Meaning basically: in comparison to Him and His greatness we are nothing! We are dust- a spec- nothing! I want to be able to have this perspective. God in His greatness-huge/ me in my humanness- nothing.
I was blessed to spend the past week with a great friend and her son up in Hilton Head, South Carolina. It was a wonderfully fun time enjoying our boys, the beach and fellowship.
We drove home last night. As we were driving down I-95 in the light of a beautiful full moon our conversation began to center on the atonishing fact that there really is a God in control of the entire universe and this same God is in controll of us and our lives. The same God that keeps a whole universe in His perfect order revolving and orbiting at His perfect timing is doing the same thing in each of our lives. Why? Because He loves, He is God, and He can!
This is part of the greatness of God that is so vast I can't wrap my mind around. Just as the universe is larger than man can see or even begin to know- there is a God who created this universe and He as the creator is incomparably greater than that which He created! Gimeny! I can't even concieve how big the earth is or the reality of how many lives exist on the earth that God is beautifully orchestrating to fashion out a plan that He designed from before the beginning of time. Majesty!
My friend was telling about a star in another galaxy that is bigger than our sun. It revolves around itself 11 times a second. It is moving so fast that it makes a swooshing whistling sound. Why would such a thing exist? I believe the sole purpose of such a star is to praise God. Psalm 148:3, "Praise him, sun and moon! Praise him, all you twinkling stars!"
What a great and mighty God. He creates stars and galaxies simply because He can for the sole purpose of displaying His awesome power to the glory of His name. Even all this was not hard for Him to do. Nothing is too difficult for Jehovah! He didn't even have to break a sweat to create such an immense and intricate universe. He didn't even have to stand up. Seated on His throne all he had to do was say the word and it was accomplished- that is how powerful God is. Psalm 33:6, "The Lord merely spoke, and the heavens were created. He breathed the word, and ALL the stars were born."
We haven't even begun to discover the 'ALL' that I emphesized in the passage. There are billions of stars in the universe. Each unique and beautiful. If you want to knock your socks off check out:
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/starsgalaxies/index.html
The Majesty of God is something I simply need to meditate on. It is not something I will ever figure out. It is not something I ever even want to figure out for then it wouldn't be nearly as majestic. The mystery of God is the beauty of God. So I come to Him and beg of His Spirit to let me revel in His majesty till I see Him as all and myself as nothing.
True worship is magnifying God. Worship is focusing on God alone and not on self or anything else but the Almighty One. True humility is not feeling bad about yourself or thinking you are incapable of great things, that is rather called insecurity. True humility is total and complete focus on God. Humility is absolute confidence in Him alone.
That is why I desire to be nothing. That is why I want Him to be my all. It's not till I'm nothing that He can be all. It's not till I see Him as all that I can become nothing. This can only be by the indwelling work of His Holy Spirit. I need more. I sit, I wait, I meditate on this one thought: Majesty.
The Majesty of God...
posted by Kellie # 2:35 PM
