Of all my Fifty and One ideas to slog about, I suddenly felt inclined to write about this . I ain't no expert on this matter. In fact, I'm far from it. We can never be experts when it comes to doing a job for God. When you think you're there and you can't grow anymore, the Lord opens up another level of challenge for us. We might think we are pretty pro at the job at hand..be it pastoring, mentoring, ministering..the list continues.. and yet suddenly, the Lord brings us down on our knees, gives us grace and teaches us something new. And we begin again, our journey of that subject. It's amazing! Now why am I writing about this?..I'll tell you why.
It began just this past week when I started teaching Sarah the word 'Awesome'. Today while at my own work, I came upon a realization of that word. AWE. My simplest and quickest thesaurus check was with MS Word. And the meaning for the word 'awe' is fear & wonder. Similarly, the synonyms were dread, terror, fright and a few more. I began to wonder about the lyrics we sing at church or the way we express ourselves with the Lord. Some lyric lines are such, ' I stand in awe of you', 'How awesome is your presence', & many, many more. Hmm.. fear? dread? fright? Now those are scary words. But in essence, we ARE to feel fear / awe of such an AWEsome God. Personally I prefer to use reverence (sounds milder), admiration and wonder. Now that's more like it. Some of us, in our quiet times, think of nonsense while some of us, marvel at the wonders of creation...nature, space, human..etc..while there are some who think of God. We wonder what all this thing is about. But let's not get there. I might start a whole revolution talk here. Anyway, being in AWE is the essence of our worshipping hearts. When we bring ourselves to the AWEsome presence of an AWEsome God. We are to stand, bow, kneel, prostrate before the AWEsome glory of the Living God.
As I'm studying, learning and reading up on the subject of worship & praise. I am in awe / wonder of the works of the Lord in the works of these people - worship leaders. And at certain times, I'm pulled to the ground of my own inadequacy. I have nothing to offer. I can sing but not to save my life. I can play the piano which will bring Mozart to his death. And yet, I'm comforted to know that all these worship leaders or people called to the ministry are neither perfect nor average. While I'm 'condemning' my own scarcity, the Lord proves my life is of EXTRAordinary in Christ. That's grace. And what do I do? I'm in AWE!! It make you 'wonder' at the love of this amazing, AWEsome God. He never allows us to condemn ourselves or even to think lowly of ourselves. Not even in just one minute. He puts us next to His AWEsome heart and keeps us safe and loved. He deals with us in His own loving way, He keeps us in the shadow of His Mighty Wings and shelters us..like Noah...and gives us life eternal. SELAH!! How AWESOME is that!!
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