Wow, it has been a busy week and it's not getting any less busy! There are lots of awesome things going on...just all at the same time this week..or so it seems.
Despite a busy week and amidst the craziness, God taught me a neat lesson on Monday night. While Jonathan was at a men's event at Parkway I spent the evening at Starbucks.
Side note: while I was at Starbucks, I finally bought the drink that earned me a GOLD CARD!! I'm just a little bit excited about that :)
So back to what I was saying... During my little evening retreat spent in the Word at Starbucks I learned a cool lesson from scripture. Currently in my Bible reading I'm going through the book of Matthew. Monday I was in Matthew 2 where it talks about the wise men going to see Jesus after he was born. When the wise men see Jesus in Matthew 2:11 they do three things:
1- They bow down
2- They worship Him
3- They present Him with their gifts
This is when I briefly thought to myself, aww cool, it's nice to read the Christmas story in June haha... but THEN the real revelation happened, and I mean literally Revelation! My mind immediately went to the scenes I've imagined in Revelation when Christ is being worshipped as the Lamb who was slain and rose again, the one who defeated sin and death once and for all, and the one who the angels can't stop calling Holy.
When Christ is worshipped in Heaven it doesn't sound like a funeral, it's not boring, and the people aren't thinking about what their next meal is...you know what they do? The elders in Revelation 4:10 fall down before him, worship Him, and then they lay their crowns before Him. Sound familiar?
What do we do when we encounter Christ? Do we humble ourselves by bowing down and submitting to his authority? Do we worship Him? Do we present our gifts to Him? This is what wise people do.
These are convicting thoughts. I know it's been rocking my world this week. I hope it will encourage you as well!
