How Great is Our God!

You never know how God will answer your prayers. Today, I went for an eye exam. While telling the assistant about any changes in health, I mentioned the stress of the past year. Our conversation turned quickly to God. As tears poured down her face she told me that on her way to work she had prayed and asked God to show Himself to her that day. I on the other hand borrowed a prayer from a friend and asked God to show me how to be a light in a dark world. Our conversation was an answer to those prayers. I think we forget that God is Emmanuel, God with us. He is with you every minute of your day. Do you ask Him to show Himself to you? Do you truly believe that He will?

As I was thinking about all of this, I suddenly realized that Kristen was the one who became ill, but I was the one who was healed. Mind boggling.

One of the many changes for me is how I see God at work in this world. I heard a story just Sunday of a Moroccan women and how she came to be a believer. Jesus appeared to her. Not once but twice. Each time he told her, "follow me." The first time she dismissed it but the second she believed. You know in the past I would have been a doubting Thomas. When I heard this recently I literally got chills.

A final thought I want to share is prompted by the fact that a lot of us are thinking about our diets again. You know how they say you are what you eat. I say go even further. You are what you take in. If you are listening to music that is derogatory, you become critical. If you read only mysteries (as an example), you see evil intent. If you watch reality shows that are constantly dissing people, you start dissing people. On the flip side, if you are listening to praise music, you have an attitude of praise. If you are reading God's word regularly, your thoughts are with God. Do you get what I mean? I'm talking from my own experience. Music is probably the thing that begins or ends a time of spiritual upliftment. If I take my radio station off of The Message (XM) for any extended period of time, I start to be more 'worldly'. When I keep the dial set there I find myself waking with a song of praise and worship singing in my head. Like wise, the more I read the Bible the more I find myself praying, the more I find myself living the life that God wants me to live.

Okay, so that wasn't really my final thought... I just get so excited when I think about what God is showing me. I get excited because I know there is so much more to learn. I am constantly in awe. I think because my human mind keeps God so small. It's impossible for me to grasp the reality of how BIG God is.

And because I'm a music lover, this is the song on my radio head. "How great is our God, Sing with me, How great is our God, How Great, How Great is our God!"