Our Awesome God Part 2

“Therefore stand in awe of God.” Ecclesiastes 5:7 (NIV)

Yesterday I shared some thoughts with you about our awesome God. Shortly after writing yesterday’s blog (I wrote Monday on Sunday … are you confused?), I received word that one of our staff members who has been seriously ill, went home to be with Jesus. 

Mac was a retired Marine and served in our Food Service department. He loved the men of the Colony of Mercy and they nicknamed him “Sweetheart!”

I was sitting on the deck reading and noticed out of the corner of my eye, the sun was shining to my left, but not to right. I thought it was a little weird, but something prompted me to get up and take a look. 

The view before me was breathtaking. The sky was the most beautiful shade of blue and there were these huge puffy clouds. The cloud formations inside the clouds were breathtaking. And then we saw flashes of lightning in the clouds.

I couldn’t help but use my sanctified imagination thinking Mac had just entered the presence of Jesus and was being given the grandest display of God’s glory.

The Psalmist David wrote about this is Psalm 19:1 – “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the skies proclaim the works of His hands.” (NIV)

For the next half hour we watched the portrait in the heavens changing. It was magnificent. God was demonstrating his AWESOME power as He painted His glory on the canvas of the New Jersey sky. Lord, may I not be blind to the many ways You are at work around me. – Bill Welte is President & CEO of America’s Keswick

Team YOU: Job 25-27; Proverbs 3; Acts 12

Motivations: God has called us to shine, just as much as Daniel was sent into Babylon to shine. Let no one say that he cannot shine because he has not so much influence as some others may have. What God wants you to do is to use the influence you have. Daniel probably did not have much influence down in Babylon at first, but God soon gave him more because he was faithful and used what he had. Dwight L. Moody

Practice to Remember: Level 1:Philippians 2:3; Level 2: Philippians 2:1-4

Powered Up:  Have you noticed how much praying for revival has been going on of late- and how little revival has resulted? I believe the problem is that we have been trying to substitute praying for obeying, and it simply will not work. To pray for revival while ignoring the plain precept laid down in Scripture is to waste a lot of words and get nothing for our trouble. Prayer will become effective when we stop using it as a substitute for obedience. A. W. Tozer