Open Your Eyes, or He Will Do It For You.

God is so incredible. He truly is. Do you ever stop what you're doing, look up at the sky, and think about how incredible He really is? He is our Creator.

First of all, He put together, designed, arranged, and brought to life the entire universe: people, plants, animals, DNA, bodies of water, land, stars, sun, and moon, and so much more that we see and cannot see. That alone is more than we can even comprehend. I personally can hardly even make a bowl out of clay, and if I do manage to, it doesn't look very pretty.

How can we forget, for even a split second, about the creator of the universe - the God who made us and loves us and cherishes us? Not only has He done the giant task of putting a universe together, He also maintains it, develops it, adds to it and takes away from it, and deals with stupid people (that's all of us, just so you know. We are human and we mess up, a lot). And He CHOOSES to love us. He CHOOSES to put us where He puts us. He CHOOSES to guide us, love us, listen to our cries and strange questions, and I would even imagine He ENJOYS doing so. Why else would He remain so dedicated to us sinners if He did not love us? Why else would He have sent his ONLY SON to DIE for us. "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life." - John 3:16

One of my favorite things about God is that He has a sense of humor. And as a friend of mine told me tonight, "If you don't see it, think about Jesus walking on the water, and him having Peter come out there too." God doesn't always do things in simple ways. He wants to capture our attention, so he throws things like walking on the water to grab us and make us wonder what in the world we are doing. Sometimes He has to throw us that attention grabber more than once, because we are just too blind to see it. And that is the beauty of it all - God NEVER gives up on us. Even when we "forget", or when we don't use the eyes that He gave us to see what He is doing, God continues to pursue our attention. My question is, why do we want to look away at all? In all of His incredible beauty and majesty, we still choose to look away - we close our eyes to Him and all that He does - and we forget to open our eyes again, we never turn around and go back to where we once saw His beauty.

I personally was challenged by this tonight. I have looked away so many times, and in doing so I have missed on out so many things I could have seen Him do in my life and the lives of the people around me. So, here is my challenge to you: Ask Him today what you are closing your eyes to, and ask that He would open your eyes to seeing His handiwork in life. He is there. He is everywhere. And He is begging you to look and marvel at what He is doing. No one else deserves the attention and glory that He does. So sit back and look at the sky and shout to Him, "Thank You, Lord, for all that you have done."