Be the One God Seeks

One evening while we were on vacation, I took my Bible to a quiet spot where I could read, meditate, and watch the sun set behind the mountains. That evening God arranged a most spectacular sunset. Brilliant pink rays outlined the rolling clouds. I sat in awe and read Psalm 104, “O Lord my God, you are very great….He makes the clouds his chariot and rides on the wings of the wind.” I was overwhelmed with His majesty as I thought on His Word and His chariots.

“Oh, God,” I thought, “it would be so nice if You would give me some signal in the clouds in response to my worship of You.” Immediately a tiny thread of lightning streaked from the top to the bottom of the cloud in front of me. There was no thunder and no more lightning—just that one white streak assuring me that He accepted my worship. I was humbled.

When God says for us to be still and know that He is God, He invites us to reflect upon what He has told us about Himself. I like to use David’s words in 1 Chronicles 29: “Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom; you are exalted as head over all. Wealth and honor come from you; you are the ruler of all things. In your hands are strength and power to exalt and give strength to all.”

Worship is a rich experience when I spend time considering what each of the words and phrases in those verses mean.

God invites us to “Come into his presence with singing” (Psalm 100:2), so we open our hymnal to such songs as “O Worship the King” or “Great Is Thy Faithfulness.” While writing this, I received an email with this worship song. Enjoy it as you enter into His presence.

God’s Spirit can be a more certain assurance of His presence than even a tiny streak of lightning.

“True worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks” (Jn. 4:23).