Job 38:1, 42:6 (NIV)
1 Then the LORD spoke to Job out of the storm.
6 My ears had heard of you
but now my eyes have seen you.
“The Lord desires to be known deeper. God loves us so much, he is drawing us into a deep intimacy with him because that is what glorifies him, that is what he desires, that is his purpose and plan… As human beings we have this tendency to confuse knowledge and understanding with intimacy. But the Lord invites us into intimacy through the breaking of familiarity, the breaking of reducing God down to something we understand. He draws us in to experience firsthand he is far exceeding any of our knowledge and understanding. As we realize how not familiar he is as Almighty God, we will then experience the intimacy with him that he longs for and desires.” [Adapted from P. Brian’s message]
Prayer: Our Father, we ask that you would speak to us out of the storm, and that our knowing you would be from firsthand, direct encounter. Break through every sense of familiarity and human understanding of you with your majesty, and draw us into true intimacy that glorifies you. In Jesus’ name, amen.
Let’s worship to “Echo Holy” by Red Rocks Worship (click here).
-KW