I’ve been thinking about God’s incredible mercy and love in bringing me into a relationship with Him that will never end! It’s sort of like those “God Moments” every true believer has every now and then (some more often than others). When we are on the road and we are missed in a ‘near crash’… and we escape with no more than an elevated heart rate! Those moments come when one of your adult children thanks you for what you taught them about faith when they were younger! It’s moments that cause us to reflect on the immense character of God and we stand in awe of Him!
I’d be lying if I told you that I have these “God Moments” every day, multiple times a day! Some days are filled with routine, and with incredible split-second timing to be where I need to be for ‘whatever.’ Sure, when we finally stop the “Wild Mouse” ride and look around (dizzily), we force ourselves to look for God in our circumstances. Yes, we are thankful, yes we are aware of the magnificent God who is tending to our souls even when we are not!
(Aside… I have always felt ‘ill-at-ease’ in confessing things like this. I have always felt like I am holding up, for the world to see, how ‘un-spiritual’ I really am. I have always feared that others will judge me for my lack of deep spirituality when I reveal thought like the above…. I suppose it’s time to get over that.)
I like “God Moments”.
I crave those moments when it is clear that God is getting my focus… and I truly worship. Sometimes I am moved to tears when I am over-whelmed by His love, in spite of myself. I want to package the moment and put it into a 3 point sermon that will show everybody the path to the “God Moment.” But it doesn’t work like that.
I have always taught that we need to “create and environment” where true spirituality and flourish. I need to systematically eliminate things in my life that hinders the pathway to those incredible brushes with Heaven. Or take those things that are hindrances and ‘turn them around’ to be tools to help us in our journey. – I can’t tell you how you can do that… it is entirely personal and private – between you and God.
One last thought here. I can’t program “God Moments” into my schedule…. how absurd! The pathway seems to be in daily taking time to stop and look and listen. -
“God Moments” happen.
