I’ve been seriously pondering something I read last week and referenced in the previous post. The imagery of the quote has been bouncing around in my head for several days. It’s from a book by Annie Dillard entitled, Teaching a Stone to Talk. She asks the penetrating question about our worship, “Does anyone have the foggiest idea what sort of power we so blithely invoke?” In other words, do we approach worship with a ho-hum attitude and no expectation of God actually showing up? Her response is that if we really took seriously what we say we believe, we should all be wearing crash helmets—and ushers should issue life preservers and signal flares and lash us to the pews.
I’m not advocating chaos and disorder, for Paul writes in 1 Cor. 14:40 that all should be done properly and in an orderly manner. And yet, I can’t help wondering what a difference it would make if we entered into worship in a spirit of expectancy, anticipating that God would meet us in all of His power and majesty. Psalm 22:3 says that God inhabits or is enthroned upon the praises of His people. As we praise Him in spirit and in truth, we can anticipate His power and presence to be displayed among us. May it be so this and every week as we gather to worship Him!
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