…[U]nite
my heart to fear your name. (ESV)
There is so much to do as Christmas
approaches. There are gifts to buy,
cards to write, foods to bake, trips to arrange, houses to clean for guests,
shows and parties to attend, and all the other things to do that you did not do
the rest of the year and now feel the pressure to do before the year ends. Sound familiar?
Many, perhaps all, of those things are
good enough, but not one of them involves awe, and I am pretty sure that
celebrating the birth of God in the flesh is an awe-filled event. Awe requires absolute, single-minded focus. Its proper expression is a dropping to the
knees and bursting out, “My Lord and my God!” because your mouth has no choice
in holding back the words.
This cannot happen when our hearts are
divided, and that is why I love this verse.
It is a simple prayer that I need to pray often.
Copyright © 2014 by Steven R. Perkins
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