O LORD my God, you are very great;
you are clothed with splendor and majesty.
He wraps himself in light as with a garment;
he stretches out the heavens like a tent
and lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters.
He makes the clouds his chariot
and rides on the wings of the wind. - Psalm 104:1-3
Today on the Radio I heard that we are planning another walk in space. It didn't phase me at all. I wasn't impressed. Just another walk on the Moon or walking around in a big ole space suit fixing some telescope. Then I started to think about it, how probably in the 1960's when John F. Kennedy proclaimed that within the decade U.S. would walk on the Moon. How everyone mustve prayed for it and when it actually happened everyone would sit in front of their Radios or their TV's listening to it. The Majesty of it, the idea of Man being able to walk in Space, for the first time ever.
I realize we do this with everything. The first time we ride a roller coaster. The first time you ride down black diamond on a snowboard. The first time you hit over 100mph in your car. The first time you hold a girls hand. The first time you kiss. The first time you go all in 10k in an investment with borrowed money (haha). Then it all fades away. Roller coasters don't seem that exciting anymore. Black diamond becomes the norm. Holding a girls hand becomes natural and a kiss becomes easy and not nerve racking at all, no more sweaty palms, no more thoughts racing through your mind, "its just a kiss...".
I think we do this with God too. In Psalms, David Praises God and says how great He is and that he is clothed in splendor and majesty, but we forget Majesty. God doesn't seem as WOW to us anymore. Our hearts become jaded and we become comfortable. We forget the He's the Creator of all the earth even the tiny tiny organism in the ocean that just floats around aimlessly. Even that He's designed and created for a specific purpose. We forget that He has no beginning and no end. That He has no evil in Him at all only love. That He is the Avenger, and will come with a mighty sword when He needs to. We ultimately forget that He has sent His only Son Jesus Christ to die on the Cross for us, to bear our shame and our sins until His heart exploded in His own chest.
We forget too much and we forget our Majestic God. I, for one am tired of myself. I want to be like the people in the '60s watching intently for the man to walk on the Moon. I want feel that thrill of the rollercoaster. I want my mind to race at the thought of reaching out to hold a girls hand. I want my palms to get sweaty and cold sweats to go down my back when I think about kissing a girl. I want to be naive and innocent again, like a child for God. That is just marveled at God Majesty.
Dear God, create in me a clean heart. Take away my past, take away my worldly knowledge and experience, take away my jaded heart. Make everything new again and fresh again, innocent again. Make me like a child in your eyes so that I am able to experience daily how great you are and how much you have sacrificied.
