Facing the Star-Breathing God

I'm so glad you are here! I hope during your visit you get a glimpse of God's heart for we become what we are gazing at. I pray that God refreshes you and gives you readiness to persevere in what He has for you today.  

My desire is to be a blessing to you in helping you know God more and make Him known so I've made these Resources available to you and have the Missional Living blog tab for practical ideas of how to live on mission right where you are. And currently I am writing my way through Judges sharing glimpses of God's heart and character for a weekday devotional. To check out the entire series so far head on over the the Judges Devotional. And if you are a blogger, come on over on Friday's for a blog hop.   

Birth of a Star From Hubble Telescope

"Then Manoah took a young goat, together with the grain offering, and sacrificed it on a rock to the LORD. And the LORD did an amazing thing while Manoah and his wife watched: As the flame blazed up from the altar toward heaven, the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame. Seeing this, Manoah and his wife fell with their faces to the ground. When the angel of the LORD did not show himself again to Manoah and his wife, Manoah realized that it was the angel of the LORD. "We are doomed to die!" he said to his wife. "We have seen God!" But his wife answered, "If the LORD had meant to kill us, he would not have accepted a burnt offering and grain offering from our hands, nor shown us all these things or now told us this." The woman gave birth to a boy and named him Samson. He grew and the LORD blessed him, and the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him while he was in Mahaneh Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol." Judges 13:19-25 


When we get a glimpse of the Lord, it changes us. Like Moses in Exodus 34, when the Lord revealed Himself to Moses as compassionate and gracious yet just. Moses immediate response was to bow in worship. It also moved him to pray for the people and changed him physically that the people couldn't even look at him because of the radiance of his face. 

Then the Lord gave Isaiah a glimpse of His character in Isaiah 6 and a crazy thing happens, Isaiah also bows in worship. And he is moved to go tell people about the Lord.

It seems pretty common that when people got a glimpse of what God is like they were moved in humility to bow and honor, to present themselves as servants to the Most High God.

Today God is revealing His character continually through His creation and through His Word. Lets take a cue from Moses, Isaiah and Manoah and his wife and see...  really see the Lord and submit to Him in worship. I think this will help...

Lord! Star-breathing God of the Universe, You are AWESOME! You are so worthy, so powerful and so creative. I can't believe we get to worship You, get to serve You, get to approach You. Thank You for the cross making a way for us to stand innocent before You because we are people so far from perfect. But You, You turn broken into vessels of healing. You turn failures into freedom givers. You use us for eternal purposes and give us incredible gifts like love, joy, peace, patience...  for the display of Your character. We are deserving of Your powerful and mighty wrath, yet You wrath-ed Yourself for us, to make a way for us to receive innocence before You. Wow! We submit to You Lord! Lord, let us boldly proclaim the cross today!

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