My Father is so great and has lavished His grace on me so abundantly. Sometimes I feel like one of the most privileged human beings in all of history, and I am. Though the darkest of times is just around the corner, the Church’s greatest hour is coming, too. What a privilege it is to live on these times.
At IHOP, the revelation of the greatness of God started to impact me. I always had difficulty understanding some of the ‘greatness’ passages of the Bible, such as in the end of Job. I was actually having a conversation about this w/ a dear friend from IHOP, Maranda. “Isn’t it amazing,” she asked, “when God says that He has all the snow stored in storehouses?” And she went on about all the greatness of God revealed in nature. And I, in my small, scientific mind, replied, “But Maranda, where in the atmosphere are the storehouses? I don’t get it. I don’t get those passages.” She looked at me w/ such authority and said, “Ed, you’re missing the point! You’re not supposed to know; it’s a mystery. It’s like what Stuart said, ‘The day God stops being a mystery to me is the day I stop worshipping Him.’” “Oh…” I said. (Who said women can’t teach?)
We are not meant to have all the answers, but also, we are not meant to be confused by the questions. Questions reveal the existence of a mystery, and when you approach a quesiton w/ your heart rather than your mind, you are drawn to worship. I discovered this at the first time at IHOP. The craziest thing is that when you allow your heart to go to these uncharted waters of God’s mysteries, your mind quickly follows and the Bible just opens up. It’s wonderful.
So, a few nights ago, I couldn’t go to sleep cause I was thinking about stuff. I pulled out a notebook and wrote a little story about creation of heaven and earth. I decided to set it as a page on this blog. It’s a bit long of a story, and I don’t claim to be a great writer. But I wrote it with my heart. I feel like I actually understand the Bible now. I understand a bit more of the Trinity, the Incarnation, and such topics that I had never had any revelation of before hand.
I hope you like the story, if you have time to read. I guess it’s a work in progress, and I’ll improve on it, later on.
