Psalm 8:3-5 When
I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the
moon and the stars, which You have ordained, What is man that You are mindful
of him, and the son of man that You visit him? For You have made him a little lower than the angels, and You have crowned him with glory and honor.
There
are days I want to say many things about God and faith, His grace and mercy and
other aspects of this mysterious relationship we have with Him. But I can’t
find the words that will adequately express what is stirring in my heart. The
more I think about the privilege we have in walking in relationship with Him
the more perplexed explaining it becomes.
The words are hard to find because who can explain God? Why is He mindful of us? Why does He want a close relationship with us? His Spirit that lives inside of me works in secret ways that no one else can explain. Not the highest scholar. Not the greatest theologian. Even the psalmist David grasps for words as he searches deep unto deep--trying to comprehend what cannot be understood.
By faith we understand this mystery is the treasure given us by our unseen God. As He lives in us day by day He continually works in us to build the relationship He designed mankind to have with Him – going all the way back to the garden of Eden in Genesis 3 with Adam and Eve. For the rest of the Bible our story unfolds as we see God still pursuing us, always pursuing us.
Instead of falling for the lies of the enemy and reaching for the forbidden fruit, let us reach for the Lord. Let us reach for God so we can walk in the garden in relationship with Him. Let’s reach for Him to know Him more.
Psalm 42:1 As the deer pants for the water brooks, so pants my soul for You, O God.
The words are hard to find because who can explain God? Why is He mindful of us? Why does He want a close relationship with us? His Spirit that lives inside of me works in secret ways that no one else can explain. Not the highest scholar. Not the greatest theologian. Even the psalmist David grasps for words as he searches deep unto deep--trying to comprehend what cannot be understood.
By faith we understand this mystery is the treasure given us by our unseen God. As He lives in us day by day He continually works in us to build the relationship He designed mankind to have with Him – going all the way back to the garden of Eden in Genesis 3 with Adam and Eve. For the rest of the Bible our story unfolds as we see God still pursuing us, always pursuing us.
Instead of falling for the lies of the enemy and reaching for the forbidden fruit, let us reach for the Lord. Let us reach for God so we can walk in the garden in relationship with Him. Let’s reach for Him to know Him more.
Psalm 42:1 As the deer pants for the water brooks, so pants my soul for You, O God.
Psalm
42:7-8 Deep calls unto deep at the noise of Your waterfalls; all Your waves
and billows have gone over me. The Lord will command His lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night His song shall be with me—A prayer to the God
of my life.
Excerpt from First Breath of Morning: Where God Waits For You Every Day.
See Book Info Page for details.
