God's Creation

I had said several weeks back (actually, now that I am thinking of it- it was last year) that it says in the book of Job that all of creation is but the fringes of God's glory and power. Friday evening, Courtney and I were driving through town and saw the amazing beauty of God's creation.

 

God is so awesome! I love clouds... something about them makes me just sit in awe. I could honestly stare at this scene or hours. Of course, this only lasts for maybe 30 minutes. This brings a sense of fear and trembling over me. The knowledge of how small we are in the scope of things. If you have time, check out this video:

Blessed Be Your Name

This past Sunday morning I got to the school a little early. I had planned to just sit and pray and spend time with Jesus. I sat in my truck and began singing along with Matt Redman "Blessed Be Your Name." As I was singing, I got a little hot, so I turned the truck off. After another few minutes or so, I started getting cold again. I went to start my truck again and it would not crank! "AWESOME!" is all I could say to myself. I started getting really mad and asking God why. "Why is my truck not starting, what did I do??" (yeah, I know...it gets better...)

A few minutes later, Paul drove up beside me and asked if I needed a ride, and I just said I would walk. So I got my stuff that wasn't too heavy to carry and began the walk to the school. About half way to the school door, I started praying and telling God I was sorry that I had neglected Him. Here I was saying "when the darkness closes in, Lord still I will say blessed be Your name!" But I am getting upset about my freakin truck not starting. Things could have been SO much worse! So I just started thanking God for letting me breathe and live another day.

I looked back at my truck and saw that my interior light was on. "Great, now the battery is definitely going to be fried." So I started walking BACK to my truck to turn the light off. I continued to thank God that he has blessed me so much, even if my truck never started again, I was still blessed beyond measure because HE sent HIS son to DIE for me so that I could be with HIM forever!

When I got back to my truck, I opened the door and said to myself, "I'll give it one more try." IT CRANKED!

Thank you Jesus for allowing me to realize that my truck doesn't matter to You and shouldn't be such a huge part of my life. I was putting my truck not starting in between You and I. I can be so selfish sometimes. I can become so consumed with stupid petty things that I miss God.

This story may seem dumb to you, but I truly feel like I experienced a touch from God. I mean honestly, I tried cranking my truck over and over and over again before I started walking. It was not cranking anytime soon. It wasn't my battery because everything was turning on, it just wasn't turning over...DO NOT BELITTLE GOD! He is in control of the smallest and LARGEST things! He will get your attention if He needs to...trust me.

Chasing The Storm

Tonight, I was watching one of my favorite shows on the Discovery Channel- "Storm Chasers." As I was watching it, towards the end of the episode, one of the guys compared one storm to a magician and slight of hand...."I'm here, no I'm here, I'm over here..." as the funnel clouds seemed to disappear and reappear hundreds of feet away. Right after I heard him say that I thought about what God was thinking in that moment, while three twisters were rotating together. I recall where it says in the book of Job that all of creation is but the FRINGES of His power...WOW! Just look at this:

This is called a wall cloud. I think the reason I love to watch this show so much is to see this...the fringe of God's power. Honestly...can you imagine how Isaiah felt when he saw the glory of God? "Woe is me, a man of unclean lips..." Or how about when Moses came down from the mountain from being in the presence of God and he was GLOWING! FREAKIN GLOWING! Little me is amazed at a freakin wall cloud. Jesus is awesome!

Dredg

Court and I went to see one of my favorite bands on Saturday night- Dredg. I would have to say that they were amazing as always, but something interesting comes to mind. There were hundreds of people raising their hands, banging their heads, and jumping up and down for this band. Some people would close their eyes and just sway back and forth to the rhythm of the songs. I would say there is nothing wrong with that, but there is...I think God should get some of that "worship."

If I compare Saturday night to Sunday morning it makes me cringe. I recall seeing some hands in the air on Sunday, but very few. I also recall a few people closing their eyes, but very few. What's the deal?

I know that I get pumped about college football (except when Georgia gets raped). You see thousands of fans in the stands shouting, throwing up their hands for HOURS on end. But how many of those die hard fans that are Christians do the same for Jesus on Sunday mornings? 

Just something to think about the next time you are at a concert and you want to put your hand in the air... why are you doing that? Maybe something to think about the next time you exclaim loudly when your team scores a touchdown... why are you doing that? What's so great about man that we praise him more than our Creator? Where is the fear?