LET IT BE KNOWN THAT GOD IS AWESOME

Psalm 27:4

I have been pondering on a goal I have set for myself.  It certainly isn’t an original goal; it’s what I believe Jesus would want of those who commit to following him.  His passion was God and the kingdom of God.  I want that to be my passion as well.  I see that asking what I can to make this world more like the world it was created by God to be would be what Jesus told his disciples to pray for; “Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.”

Jesus spoke a lot about dwelling with God.  In John’s revelation of the kingdom of God it is all about God dwelling with His people.  When people dwell together, they grow close to each other, building a relationship one with another and with all of those in the place where they dwell.  If that is the fulfillment of the Spiritual journey I have been on, I think it would be helpful to know how to build good relationships; first with God, and with others.

Over the past few years I have come to the point in my life that David speaks about in Psalm 27:4. “One thing I have desired of the Lord, that will I seek; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in His temple.”  Most of the things that I thought were important have faded in comparison to knowing and loving God.  They have become like dross that is scooped off until only the pure gold remains.  That didn’t come quickly and it didn’t come by being told how to be that kind of person; it came by my life experiences.

 I have found God to be better than anything or anyone else this world has to offer.  He is always there, even when I am far away; He is constant in His love even when my love grows hot, cold, or lukewarm.  He never condemns my erring ways, but through His loving and caring conviction I came to my senses and He always forgives.  He is faithful, true to His Being at all times and I trust no other as I trust Him.  Those qualities and others are more than worthy of all my adoration, personal sacrifice, and worship.  That is the God that Jesus represented here on earth. That is the God I would hope others would want to know and experience.