Thoughts

The other day I was reading about Abraham and all the amazing things that happened to him. One thing that really struck me was the way God was continually telling him that He's with him and that He will bless him and everything. I was thinking how we sometimes really want to hear from God, how we feel that He should tell us if we're on the right track and He doesn't (actually I think it’s more like we’re deaf). So what was so special about Abraham? God loves us all the same, so the problem must with us. I guess Abraham was uber-obedient, he was literally ready to do ANYTHING God would have asked him to do. I tried to put myself in his shoes and realized it would have been impossible for me to just obey like that without questioning anything. I really hope one day I’ll be able to have that kind of heart. Anyways, I strongly feel that the measure of God's involvement in our life is related to how obedient we are and how willing to give everything to Him. I think this is very encouraging, because if we sometimes don't get answers from God, we know we can always draw closer to Him, focus on obeying Him and He will speak. I know He's very excited about speaking to our hearts, but we have to be ready for that to happen.

One of the first things I found out about being a Christian was that everything we do must glorify God. Ever since then I've been wondering what that means and how exactly that happens. So I got to read one of John Piper's books entitled "The dangerous duty of delight". It talks about how we bring glory to God by delighting in Him. This is what he says : "Did God create you for His glory or for your joy? Answer: He created you so that you might spend eternity glorifying Him by enjoying Him forever. In other words you don't have to choose between glorifying God and enjoying God. Indeed you dare not choose. If you forsake one, you lose the other. [Jonathan] Edwards [in his "The End for Which God Created the World"] is absolutely right: "God is glorified not only by His glory being seen, but by its being rejoiced in." If we do not rejoice in God, we do not glorify God as we ought [...] God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him. This is the best news in the world. God's passion to be glorified and my passion to be satisfied are not odds." How uber-awesome is that?

Currently listening : Steven Curtis Chapman - Declaration of Dependence