Putting off homework has to be one of my favorite pastimes. So instead of doing it, i came to the decision that i was gonna watch the Francis Chan main session video from Passion (courtesy of a good friend). And man am i glad that i did.
Isaiah 66:2 "Has not my hand made all these things, and so they came into being? delcares the LORD. This is the one i esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, and trembles at my word."
I underlined it for a reason. Tremble. not usually the first word that comes to my mind when i read the Bible. But really.... it says it right there in the first sentence. "... declares the LORD." You ever prayed for you to hear God speak to you? i know that i have. so lets see it again. "...declares the LORD." There it is. Plain as day. God Almighty himself is speaking to you. Now, if you're like me, you're completely oblivious to the fact that God, the creator of the heavens and the earth, the One who breathed us into freakin existance, just spoke to you.
So it begs for the question to be asked... WHAT THE HECK ARE WE DOING ABOUT IT THEN?!?!? God, freakin GOD is speaking to us and we pay about as much attention to Him as we do when we read "Julius Caesar" or whatever... you get my point.
Another example. Matthew 17. Otherwise known as "The Transfiguration." When Jesus, Peter and some other disciples go up onto a mountain... and all of a sudden Jesus is appearing in His heavenly form... a form that gives off WAY too much light for Peter to see. And freakin Elijah and Moses are standing there with him. You know the story right? if not PLEASE go read it... matter fact go read it anyways it'll do you some good to read God's word. Anyways, Peter asks if he can build a shelter for all 3 of them when all of a sudden the "glory cloud", as Francis Chan so awesomely names it, envelops Peter and he LITERALLY hears God speak.... FREAKING LITERALLY!!!! I don't know about you but this absolutely blows my mind. God says to Peter, (and i really feel like He is saying this to all of us) "This is my Son, whom i love; with him i am well pleased. Listen to him!" And when the disciples heard this, all of them fell to the ground terrified. In other words, the trembled when the heard the word of God.
So what do you think they would've done if Jesus had come up and said "Peter go tell everyone you know about Me." Dangit, if i was Peter my butt would've been gone in a heatbeat. To hear God say "listen to Him" would've been the only 3 words i would need to hear for the rest of my life. And it's so funny (in a sad way) because He's saying it to us all the time in the Bible and we have become so numb to the fact that its GODS HOLY WORD THAT HE SPOKE to understand that He is talking to us.
So i guess my final question is:
Will we tremble and do what God tells us when we hear Him speak? Or will we treat His words like the same ol' words from the same ol' book we read in high school?
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