What If...We Lived In Awe?

He is your praise; he is your God, who performed for you those great and awesome wonders you saw with your own eyes. -- Deuteronomy 10:21 NIV

Who among the gods is like you, O LORD? Who is like you— majestic in holiness, awesome in glory, working wonders? -- Exodus 15:11 NIV

Everyone was amazed and gave praise to God. They were filled with awe and said, "We have seen remarkable things today." -- Luke 5:26 NIV

Have you ever experienced things that bring you so close to God that you are speechless, breathless, or profoundly emotional...or maybe just noticed some part of you day or your life and known it for what it is which is God's hand at work?

Hopefully that happens all of the time!

Maybe it's a sunrise on your way to work or the way your child holds your hand when you walk together. It could be a nice evening on your back patio listening to the birds chirp and watching the squirrels play. Maybe it's a song that came on the radio and told you exactly what you needed to hear, or possibly even something bad that happened that ended up being the absolute best thing for you.

The point is, God is at work at all times and all around us. I wrote yesterday about the power we have in Christ to come together and make things happen in Jesus' name. Not only should we come together and ask God, we should also never let it grow old and stale to look on everything from the simplest pleasure to the grandest miracle and see God there.

What would our world be like if everyone who professes faith in Christ remembered that? What if we couldn't help but to daily be overflowing with the joy and peace that exists in us because of Jesus? It would be uncontainable and contagious, just like a smile! I have seen and experienced too much in my life for there to be any doubt that not only does God exist but He's every bit as much at work today as ever. I have achieved things that I know I couldn't have achieved by my own accord. I have loved more deeply than I thought possible. I have looked on and seen amazing things happen. Laugh if you want, but I still am regularly moved nearly to tears at certain worship songs. Sometimes I feel His presence so strongly that I can't even speak and I realize all at once how small but how critically important I am to Him. In fact, we all are!

Do me a favor, no matter where you are in life, no matter if you think I'm a little cooky about this stuff, even if you think it's kinda weird...keep you eyes, ears, and heart open in the coming days. Be alert to God's presence around you. Appreciate the smallest of signs of grace and peace and love. When you feel it (and you will feel it) embrace it with your entire being. Appreciate it. Long for more of it the way you would seek a cold glass of water on a burning hot day. Be absolutely awed by it!