verseoftheday

And he brought him outside and said, "Look toward heaven, and number the stars... Genesis 15:5-6 ESV Where was Abram? Inside. Where it's warm. Comfortable. God took him outside...where it's chilly, and dark. And said look up at the night sky...yes it's dark but look towards the light...look and wonder... Sometimes God calls us (& sometimes we just find ourselves) out of the comfort and warm and in the cold and dark...but He says look up, look toward the light and wonder... #wonder

And he brought him outside and said, "Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them." Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be." And he believed the Lord , and he counted it to him as righteousness. Genesis 15:5-6 ESV What was God doing? Come outside Abe. Have a look. Look. And wonder. Wonder about the promise. Wonder about the beauty. Wonder about what you can see...and what you can't Wonder at the hands behind it all Wonder that I've called you. Wonder that I love you. The night sky was there the previous night, and the next night, but Abram really saw what was in front of him that night...what's in front of us that we've lost our sense of wonder? That points us to God but we've lost sight of it? Maybe it's the stars, creation, people, new life, music, art, design, colour... What's in front of us? #wonder #life #promise

1 Chronicles 28:9-10 NLT ...learn to know the God of your ancestors intimately. Worship and serve him with your whole heart and a willing mind. For the lord sees every heart and knows every plan and thought. If you seek him, you will find him... Learn to know God Worship Him Serve Him Yet...we still need to seek Him. Go looking...seek is not a passive easy word but implies using our intellect and effort to search...it's like God is known to us yet unknown, there, yet needs to be sought out, obvious...yet still full of mystery...yet...able to be found... We can't put God in a box and have Him all figured out...there is mystery and there is wonder... #wonder