In Awe of YOU...

I read a quote this morning that really convicted me…

"In some ways, it’s those of us who are most familiar with the Spirit’s promises who are in the greatest danger. Someone has said that familiarity may not breed contempt, but it takes the edge off of awe. Something like this is true about the rich texts and glory-filled promises that drop the jaws or widen the eyes of newcomers but provoke no more than a raised eyebrow in the old-timers who have ceased to dream." – Jim McGuiggan

Are we so familiar with the presence of God that we are no longer awed by it? Are we so accustomed to the small, daily miracles that happen in our lives that we no longer thank God for them? I remember teaching a Bible study once to someone who knew nothing about the Bible or God. I will never forget her reading about the crossing of the Red Sea. She kept saying “Oh wow!! That’s so cool!” over and over again. I felt so convicted that I no longer responded that way. I had heard the story so many times and it had become just another Bible story to me, not really a “miracle” anymore in my eyes.

The same could be said for reaching new souls, for outreach, for discipleship. We get so familiar with the people around us that we no longer view them as lost. Once that happens, we lose our vision for church growth, we lose our passion for teaching Bible studies and training other people to win and teach new souls. Its then that church becomes just something good people do and we begin to lose our vision, we cease to dream.

Proverbs 29:18 says “Where there is no vision, the people perish…”

I looked up the word “vision” on dictionary.com. It says vision is “the act or power of anticipating that which will come or may come to be.” Spiritually, we die when we cease to dream about growth, when we stop seeing our altars filled with hungry souls, when we become so familiar with the people we work with and see on a daily basis that we no longer see them as hungry souls.

I believe many of us were filled with a new sense of vision yesterday and I pray that we can hold onto that. May we never perish spiritually because we lacked vision…may we always be asking God to see with His eyes.

XOXO,
Amberly