I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in His word I do hope. Psalm 130:5
There is a sense in which we have to wait before God for Him to reveal Himself to us, so we can learn more about Him. The reason has to do with how we learn anything. We learn things in the human realm by acquiring a new piece of knowledge and comparing it to something we already know. But with God, since He is beyond our finding out, we have nothing to compare Him too.
Perhaps we cannot know God completely because we don’t have enough common ground to associate who He is with what we know. And so, we are consigned to waiting before Him as He reveals more of Himself to us. If that seems strange to us, it is because we are not used to thinking of God in the truly transcendent terms in which He exists. As we grow in our experience and knowledge of God, we develop more and more common ground with Him, by which we can learn even more.
BOTTOM LINE:
Therefore, knowing God is a process, and waiting before Him in worship is the means to knowing Him better. And in Worship & Word I Do Hope!! Thereby exchanging the institutional “trinket rituals” for the “gospel’s realities of salvation.”
Inspired by Sanctuary: Finding Moments of Refuge in the Presence of God. David Jeremiah Aug 18.
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So, Am I Really Seeking to Serve My Redeemer with all my Heart, Mind, and Soul? Just to Become ANOTHER SLAVE for His Righteousness? Having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness. Romans 6:18