DCF, do you fear God?
Yes I do. But not in the sense as in "fear of punishment" fear, but rather reverence and submission(and within an aspect of obedience) and awe to the Divine One. When I appear before God or He appears before me, that sense of reality of His Holiness and my sinfulness is too great. Said best by Isaiah "Woe to me!" I cried. "I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD Almighty." So Isaiah was provided a live coal to touch to his lip to remove the sin and guilt. I am provided that same live coal today. His name IS Jesus.
Have you met God?
To tell the truth, I had a bunch of stuff written here about God, and I remembered a story I heard that was better than anything I could say.
A mother was looking out the window of the house to see where her boy had gotten off to. She spotted him sitting in the lap of her next door neighbor,Mr. Smith, and she thought that was nice since he had just lost his wife of many years. When the boy came in the house, his mother asked him what they were talking about. The boy said "Oh nothing". She asked again about their conversation, and the boy replied. "Oh, we did not say anything, I just helped him cry."
Not sure if that meets your defining criteria for "meeting God" but I also believe I meet Him in prayer, I believe that the Spirit within groans for me with utterance that I cannot comprehend or duplicate. As I am natural, I cannot see all yet, but one day I do expect to be in His presence. And He will look at me and see Jesus. |
