While visiting a second grade classroom my wife was asked to read the Bible story of the children of Israel crossing the Jordan. Afterwards a little girl came over to her and said, “You’re becoming a very good reader.” Considering the fact that my wife’s doctorate from U C Berkeley is in reading I figured that was about the best compliment she has ever received. That was a very discerning and sweet seven-year-old.
I wonder if our praise and compliments to our Father God cause Him to smile. He knows all the secrets of biology and physics. Chemistry and mathematics are some of His specialties. The intricacies of psychology are as open to Him as are the ABC’s to us. When we pray we tell Him how great He is. We have no idea how great He really is! Our perspective is so narrow and limited. The day we walk into the throne room of the Almighty our mouths will drop open and we will gasp at the glories and intricacies before our eyes. We will be overwhelmed to think that Jesus left all that to share with us the reality and horror of this sinful world. The Gift in Bethlehem was God making Himself poor that we could become rich. The problem for us is we have no idea what rich really is. We think in terms of things and bank balances. I doubt if those things are even in the equation of heavenly wealth, which is love and relationships and eternal life without the rotten fruit of sin.
Now that I have said all this I think I will make God smile and ignorantly say, “Thank you Father for being so majestic.”
Written by Roger Bothwell on December 19, 2011
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