Awestruck

I started a new study this week for my morning quiet times and even though I'm only on day two of seven weeks...I'm loving it already. I'm studying Nehemiah through a book by Kelly Minter. This morning I was struck by some harsh truth that Kelly mentioned and simply had to share.

In the very beginning of Nehemiah (1:5), he attributes the word "awesome" to the Lord, which can be translated as "awe-inspiring." Kelly then asks you to describe the last time you were awestruck by God. And then the whammy....(from p.17 if you own it)....

"I'll be the first to admit that I long to be awestruck in God's presence more than I am. I believe my lack of awestruck moments isn't because God is lacking in awesomeness but because I settle for so much less. I'm willing for my worship experience to be mediocre as long as I'm eating at a fabulous restaurant with friends after church. I'll settle for far less than awestruck in my prayer time, assuming I've got other forms of community planned for the day. When our bills are being paid, our children are behaving, we've got multiple outlets of fun to plug into, and life is generally fulfilling, do we really need something as dramatic as awestruck? This can often be the mentality, but being entertained by earthly pleasures cannot compare to being awed in God's presence."

Dwell on that for a bit...