God On Earth

Revelation 4:

As I sat in chapel, I felt the Spirit of the Lord upon me. There was nothing other than the Spirit on me. It filled me up and brought this sense of peace on me. It is amazing to look around and see how God shows up so vividly in one place. Listening to the voices in unity. Seeing God fall on people. Truly witnessing God in people's lives. I am in awe. It is that picture in Revelation 4. The one of all the elders bowing down on their knees and in unison are singing, "Holy, Holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty." It is the picture of David down in front of God singing "Your faithful love endures forever." It is the picture of the saints coming together and praising in such a beautiful way. God was in chapel and I just so had my eyes open to see it.

As I was reading through Revelation 4, I did see a parallel to our chapel. I saw how our worship resembles that. I mean, it is not the same by any means, but it is a glimpse into what we will be one day. We often overlook the beauty of worship, not just in our chapel, but in general. When we are together like that, singing in one voice, it is a look into what we will one day be. That is awesome and I mean that in the literal definition of the word. It is truly AWE-some. As I do get upset by the fallen part of Taylor sometimes, it is days like these where I am reminded of how we are in God's light. We are a body and we are so beautiful because of that. It is a nice reminder.

Jeremiah 17:

I was reminded also of not counting on humans. It is so easy for us to put so much faith and trust into those around us, but the truth of the matter is that we are all fallen. We cannot put our full faith and trust into those around us. As it says in Jeremiah 17, the human heart is deceitful. It does not know truth as God does. Yet we are so quick to listen to our hearts above all things. We are so quick to rely on others before we rely on God. We are supposed to live in community and to have others help us with our burdens, but the truth is that God is the only one who we can fully count on. Having help with our burdens is a complete different thing than putting full faith in someone. We do have trouble seeing the line sometimes though.


With all of that:

God is good. God is present and it is so amazing.