And Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced because God had prepared for the people, for the thing came about suddenly.

When the Spirit moves, people are usually amazed. Sometimes you get together with other believers with a plan for it to be a cool worship experience, and then God shows up. When God has prepared something great, it is a fearsome thing to behold. Not because it's scary - well I guess it is scary if you are an outsider. I think it's fearsome because it is God's power on display. When people are filled with the Spirit, there's just no stopping it. When God does more than just come to His worshipers, when He does something in them, it is an amazing experience.

I remember my freshman year of college, I was at the regular Wednesday nigh Wesley meeting. I don't remember what was spoken or what we sang or how it happened, but the next thing you know, it's 2 in the morning. Wesley started at like 8. It was crazy how the Spirit just fell upon that place, and we couldn't stop worshiping our Father. It was an experience they tried to repeat in coming weeks without much success. Even I, cold-hearted as I had become, was moved. If only I had listened.

But that's neither here nor there. The point is God can far exceed our expectations when we least expect it. When He does, all we can do is continue to praise Him. He does what He wants, and that's why it's so amazing! What God wants is usually so perfect or ironic in someway that it's just awesome! Maybe it's because we are so small and so unable to comprehend His ways, but when I see the Hand of God in a situation, my heart fills with joy, the silly grin on my face grows, and I can't help but praise Him. He prepares us all the time for the things He is planning. Who knows what He has in store for you today? If you keep your heart open, who knows what you may see? I don't think God is as quiet or still as we sometimes think. Look for Him today; I know you will find Him.

Lord, open my eyes to see You at work today. Let me spend my day in worship-filled reflection of Your goodness. Let my heart be set on You. Let the works of Your hand be my meditation. Let me only see You. Let Your will be done. As You move to touch lives and hearts, allow me to follow. Let me live with humility and in worship (that my heart should always be prostrate before You). Oh my Father, how lovely and powerful You are. How beyond comprehension are Your ways! How wonderful the works of Your hand! I cannot get enough of all that You do! 


AMEN. AMEN. AMEN.