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Good morning dear Lord, teach me how to stir
up my soul to praise You. My soul is so prone to sluggishness, blindness,
nearsightedness, and dullness and inattention to Your glory. Wake up, soul!
Arise! Fall to the ground in awe! The King Himself is present!
Psalm 104:1-2
Praise the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, you are very great; you are clothed
with splendor and majesty. 2 He wraps himself in light as with a
garment; he stretches out the heavens like a tent
What is wonderful about this attribute:
Psalm 103 is designed to stir our souls to
praise Him for His benefits. Psalm 104 is designed to stir our souls to praise
Him for His glory reflected in the creation. It teaches us how to become
skilled at seeing His glory reflected in the world He made.
And His glory is not hidden. God has clothed
Himself in the very means by which perception takes place - light. If light
itself is His garment, there is no excuse for not seeing Him. He has not hidden
Himself from us. There is no excuse, then, for our dullness other than closed
eyes.
Pry them open Lord. Make my heart interested
enough to see Your glory that it will open the eyes of my sluggish soul –
eager to see. It is an amazing thing, dear Father, that You have revealed
Yourself to us! Let me have the drive and eagerness to see Your glory that I so
often have for seeing impure things. Let the intensity of my desire to behold
Your power and glory at least match the intensity of desire I have for the sins
my flesh so craves.
Experiencing this attribute:
Whenever you turn on a light, so that you can
see clearly what you could not see when it was dark, let that remind you to
take a moment to delight in God’s self-revealing nature. That which is
hidden to us is hidden not because of deception or secrecy, but because of our
own inability or unwillingness to gaze upon true brightness.
And whenever something about God or His Word
becomes clear in your mind, so that you can see the meaning and significance
and implications for life, and you are suddenly able to appreciate the
sweetness of it – realize that is much, much more than a mere
intellectual breakthrough. It is God turning on the lights. Each time you
understand and delight in some truth about God You have just experienced this
attribute of God!
Think: Have you experienced this
attribute of God in the past several minutes? If so, revel in the fact that He
is right there in the room with you and has granted you access to His favorable
presence. If not, keep seeking, harder and harder until you do experience His
nearness.
