It was an ordinary morning, until I opened the door to let our dog Max out. He is still a puppy at 6 months old. It had snowed overnight here in Wisconsin. Then it occurred to me, Max has never seen snow!
I could not resist taking a video of him and his first look at snow. He is a Borderjack, a mix between Border Collie and Jack Russell terrier. He was a bit hesitant at first, but then his sense of awe and wonder came out and he starts jumping around in it! He loves it.
That made me think of God and His Creation. Daddy God loves to surprise us, just like He surprised Max today. I have to admit it, I have been a bit cynical with all the things going on in my life. I had let the cares of the world take over. I was too busy trying to figure out my life that I had missed it, Just watching Max today reminded me of what awe and wonder look like.
I believe that Daddy God wants to surprise us with amazing things. He is good, all the time. But if I lose my sense of awe and wonder I am not paying attention to Him. Forgive me Lord.
God’s Word for You
Place Your Life Before God
“So hereās what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary lifeāyour sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around lifeāand place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Donāt become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. Youāll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you.” – Romans 12:1-2 MSG
Jesus knew exactly what they were thinking and said, āWhy all this gossipy whispering? Which is simpler: to say āI forgive your sins,ā or to say āGet up and start walkingā? Well, just so itās clear that Iām the Son of Man and authorized to do either, or both.Ā .Ā .Ā .ā He now spoke directly to the paraplegic: āGet up. Take your bedroll and go home.ā Without a momentās hesitation, he did itāgot up, took his blanket, and left for home, giving glory to God all the way. The people rubbed their eyes, incredulousāand then also gave glory to God. Awestruck, they said, āWeāve never seen anything like that!ā Luke 5:22-26 MSG
The enemy spoke,
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āIāll pursue, Iāll hunt them down,
Ā Ā Ā Ā Iāll divide up the plunder,
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Iāll glut myself on them;
Ā Ā Ā Ā Iāll pull out my sword,
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā my fist will send them reeling.ā
You blew with all your might
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā and the sea covered them.
Ā Ā Ā Ā They sank like a lead weight
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā in the majestic waters.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Who compares with you
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā among gods, OĀ God?
Ā Ā Ā Ā Who compares with you in power,
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā in holy majesty,
Ā Ā Ā Ā In awesome praises,
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā wonder-working God?” – Exodus 15:9-11 MSG
My Prayer for You:
Surprise us Daddy. Show us your Glory. Just like you surprised Max this morning. Fill us with an amazing sense of awe and wonder for our everyday ordinary lives, in Jesus Name.