Journey of Faith

Just a quick thought for today: If I am wholly pursuing God and He is wholly pursuing me, image the explosion when we collide.

So today, I just started reading through the book of Exodus. And in chapter three, I came across the portion where God appears to Moses through a burning bush. Now, I've heard this story a thousand times, between Sunday School, VBS, sermons, etc. But today it shone through new light for me. Take verses 5-6: "'Do not come any closer,' God said, 'Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.' Then he said, 'I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.' At this, Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God." -Exodus 3:5-6 Wow. Moses was afraid to look at God. At first, we may think this a bit odd. But think back to the context. God had just appeared to Moses through FIRE. Any God who comes through fire is not a God who plays it safe. Clearly Moses has realized this. But have we? I mean, give it some serious thought. Do we ever realize just what God is capable of...

"Pride comes before the fall." -Proverbs 16:18 I think that sometimes, God lets us fall flat on our faces to remind us of just how small we are. Ironically enough, that always seems to happen after a season of me thinking that I'm doing pretty well. There's the key problem. I can't do well on my own ever. I need God to succeed. He is the very essence of who I am and there is no way that I could ever survive, much less be successful in my endeavors without Him. However, I forget that from time to time. So yes, I fall on my face sometimes. I screw up and my ego takes a bruising. But the best part about that is that every time it happens, God is there. He picks me up and dusts me off, showing me his love, grace, and forgiveness. He doesn't throw an, "I told you so," in my face. He just loves me. How incredible is that? The God who lets me learn hard lessons also helps me recover from them. I serve a truly awesome God.