My Refuge & Strength

I don’t like telling people they’re wrong. It sounds single-minded, intolerant, rude, & arrogant, & I don’t want to be any of those things. I try not to be. But that’s the problem with being a Christian; some things just don’t fly. Like this: “I don’t go to church because I believe God doesn’t want us spending our lives worshiping Him.”

Now, in our simple human minds, it’s easy to think, “Why does God want me to spend my time telling Him how great He is? Doesn’t He already know how great He is? He doesn’t need me to remind Him. Besides, isn’t that kind of selfish & conceited of God - to make people only so they can worship Him?” That makes total sense, yes?

Yes. Except for one thing: God is GOD. He is so great, we won’t ever be able to understand how great He is on this side of heaven. He planned out how many steps I would take today before He ever formed the universe. He created the oceans & the mountains, as well as every molecule & every chloroplast in every leaf to ever exist. The biggest of the big & the smallest of the small; He created it all (bah, that wasn’t supposed to rhyme).

I can’t speak for you, but when I realize that, I want to talk to that God, I want to sing words that I can’t even explain, I want to dance like a fool, I want to write the most poetic poem out there, I want to watch the sunrise, just to marvel in one of His craziest creations.

And if the fact that God is crazy amazing doesn’t get you singing, then maybe the fact that He took on our punishment of death and hell which in turn gave us eternal life in paradise should at least make you feel a little grateful.

All I’m saying is, if you believe that God is God and that He is our savior, then your natural response should be praise, right?