Wonder of the Work

Children are probably the greatest example of those who wonder.  Their inquisitive minds seem to be constantly turning as they are exposed to new things particularly in nature.  Ella and Caleb love to tour the yard with PopC in search of frogs, bugs, lizards, worms and such.  I’m quite happy to skip that tour, and do not have to pretend otherwise!

 

O. S. Hawkins suggests many Christians have lost their sense of wonder at the works of God.  We use that word rather flippantly about many things: we wonder if it will rain - wonder when the leaves will begin to turn – wonder what’s for dinner.  Yes, we think about, ponder or reflect on, and wonder about many things.  Oh, but what about the things of God?  In Psalm 139, King David wrote words of wonder about our Great God – the One Who knows all, Who is everywhere, Who is all-powerful.  I’ve never been to the Grand Canyon, but I have stood on the cliffs of the Caribbean ruins of Tulum and experienced the vast contrast between me and God’s creation.  My, how small I seemed!  In that place and in that moment, my sense of wonder was heightened: how can my Great God – the Creator of the universe – be intimately mine!  Hawkins writes, “It is tragic that, in the service of God, too many people lose the wonder of it in the work of it.”  Perhaps one reason we lose our sense of wonder about God and His Greatness is we lay aside His Word, Which is ever-revealing more and more of Himself – Father, Son, Spirit.  As many times as PopC has led the Grands through the yard, each tour is new and exciting – worms-bugs-lizard-grasshoppers-frogs – and there seems to always be a brief pause to get a glass jar to display their finds.  I encourage you: return to your sense of wonder!  Keep God’s Word open and before you every day and throughout the day.  In It is God’s message to man including all the wonder-full things about Almighty God.  Keep the wonder of His work!