The Wake-Up Call

Hiddenness is the gift of God to the humble ones, who have traded in their own quest for glory for the pursuit of beholding the glory of Another.

We are conditioned to disbelieve anything that seems too good to be true. And the truth is, there is only one thing in life too good to be true that is actually true: the Word of God.

Our prayers tend toward asking God for many things, but how often are we specifically “inquiring of the Lord” about the matters of our times, the curiosities of our circumstances, and the puzzling dilemmas of our days?

The grace of God is not that he pardons our sin and keeps us out of hell-jail. The grace of God is that he loves us so much he desires us in his presence all the time, constantly, now and forever, world without end, amen.

Becoming Other-centered is the secret to becoming others-centered, which is the outcome of being delivered from self-centeredness.

Here's the most amazing thing about God in the face of controlling idolaters and stiff-necked people. He loves us anyway. 

This psalm celebrates the power and grandeur of the voice of the Lord.

True worship leads to self-sacrificial living. Idolatry (or false worship) leads to self-indulgence. True worship leads to heartfelt repentance. Idolatry (or false worship) leads to sinful revelry.

God creates, and God beholds. As divine image-bearers, we do the same. It's what we were made for. 

God is so completely other than us that there is nothing we can do to prepare to be in his presence. He has to make a way.