I notice that when I run and feel the wind in my face and the resistance it brings...I push harder. When I find that there is no wind, there's no resistance, and certainly when the wind is at my back, I let the wind carry me. I sit back and I run it, but really, I'm riding it.
I find that these small things, more and more, are who God is; how He created this world to be. I want to pull back the tarp on all those things that we keep thinking are analogies...that this human race finds and just think they discover and they go, "Wow, it's kind of like God." When I pull back the tarp, I want to reveal that that IS God. It's not just like Him. It's how He made it to be.
When I'm pushing at any point on my race, I find that my heart is working so hard to keep up. I find that as I run that race and I push through what my heart really wants me to do-which is stop-I find that that is how I train it. How I train it to persevere. And in that place-where my heart lives-is Christ. Watching, rooting me on, as I decide to make my heart work and keep up with what my legs are doing. Is that just an analogy? No, these are not analogies. These are called the wonders of God.
Have you ever wondered? What were the wonders that the disciples were proclaiming in all of those languages in Acts 2:1-12 that made the people of all nations stop and wonder what it all means? The people said, "we hear them declaring the wonders of God..!" What will make you stop and think? What could they possibly have been saying? Was the fact that Jesus was the Christ the only thing? Was there more? Was that it? Or did they teach them, "When you breathe, that is God." Did they teach them, "Your life is a journey and everything you do can be to the glory of the father, the Maker, and when He made you, He made your back so that it didn't feel as much hurt and pain as He made your face to feel. So that when He carries you through a tough time, you don't even know it's happening." Is that a simple analogy? Or is that how He made us? Could that be a wonder of God?
These wonders are not things that you hear daily. These wonders are not things that you can simply state and walk away. Wonders of God. They stop you. They make you believe. They made the people commit to baptism. Is there only one? Is there only one Wonder? It's a great wonder indeed that the man that they call "Jesus" was God himself and decided that although with one thought He could destroy every single thing that was happening to Him, and say, "I'm sorry" to the rest of the world and simply desecrate all humanity and living things-because He is life...instead He decided to look into their eyes and say, "I love you and I'm going to do this anyway." That is a wonder...
What are those other wonders? What's the rest? We can talk about microscopic entities, but how do things work, how do we work? Why is it that we push harder through the wind? Why did He make me do that? Why does it feel better when I do than when I stop? Why does that make me feel better? Why do I feel like when there's no resistance that I should just ride it? What makes me do that? Is it because he wants me to feel His peace when He carries me through? What if when He's carrying me through, I push harder with His wind at my back? What then? What could possibly happen in my life if I did that? It requires a lot to be cognizant that you're riding the wind. Reflection. Knowing....and that doesn't come naturally. God wired us that way. Why? Because He wanted us to seek Him. He made us to have a choice to seek Him. And when you have to work to know Him, you won't give up that easily...just like almost everything in life. Analogy or wonder?
Lord, I'm giving you the glory and honor and praise for your wonders. I desperately want to know them-I want You to reveal Yourself and Your wonders to me. I commit my life to this. May I never completely be done seeing them all until that wonderful day when You will make all things known. Amen.
I find that these small things, more and more, are who God is; how He created this world to be. I want to pull back the tarp on all those things that we keep thinking are analogies...that this human race finds and just think they discover and they go, "Wow, it's kind of like God." When I pull back the tarp, I want to reveal that that IS God. It's not just like Him. It's how He made it to be.
When I'm pushing at any point on my race, I find that my heart is working so hard to keep up. I find that as I run that race and I push through what my heart really wants me to do-which is stop-I find that that is how I train it. How I train it to persevere. And in that place-where my heart lives-is Christ. Watching, rooting me on, as I decide to make my heart work and keep up with what my legs are doing. Is that just an analogy? No, these are not analogies. These are called the wonders of God.
Have you ever wondered? What were the wonders that the disciples were proclaiming in all of those languages in Acts 2:1-12 that made the people of all nations stop and wonder what it all means? The people said, "we hear them declaring the wonders of God..!" What will make you stop and think? What could they possibly have been saying? Was the fact that Jesus was the Christ the only thing? Was there more? Was that it? Or did they teach them, "When you breathe, that is God." Did they teach them, "Your life is a journey and everything you do can be to the glory of the father, the Maker, and when He made you, He made your back so that it didn't feel as much hurt and pain as He made your face to feel. So that when He carries you through a tough time, you don't even know it's happening." Is that a simple analogy? Or is that how He made us? Could that be a wonder of God?
These wonders are not things that you hear daily. These wonders are not things that you can simply state and walk away. Wonders of God. They stop you. They make you believe. They made the people commit to baptism. Is there only one? Is there only one Wonder? It's a great wonder indeed that the man that they call "Jesus" was God himself and decided that although with one thought He could destroy every single thing that was happening to Him, and say, "I'm sorry" to the rest of the world and simply desecrate all humanity and living things-because He is life...instead He decided to look into their eyes and say, "I love you and I'm going to do this anyway." That is a wonder...
What are those other wonders? What's the rest? We can talk about microscopic entities, but how do things work, how do we work? Why is it that we push harder through the wind? Why did He make me do that? Why does it feel better when I do than when I stop? Why does that make me feel better? Why do I feel like when there's no resistance that I should just ride it? What makes me do that? Is it because he wants me to feel His peace when He carries me through? What if when He's carrying me through, I push harder with His wind at my back? What then? What could possibly happen in my life if I did that? It requires a lot to be cognizant that you're riding the wind. Reflection. Knowing....and that doesn't come naturally. God wired us that way. Why? Because He wanted us to seek Him. He made us to have a choice to seek Him. And when you have to work to know Him, you won't give up that easily...just like almost everything in life. Analogy or wonder?
Lord, I'm giving you the glory and honor and praise for your wonders. I desperately want to know them-I want You to reveal Yourself and Your wonders to me. I commit my life to this. May I never completely be done seeing them all until that wonderful day when You will make all things known. Amen.
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