“Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.” – Ephesians 3:20-21
His grace woke me up again today, and by His grace I stand here today. Oh, how I take the simple act of living for granted. Lets face it, we take a lot of things for granted.
This morning His grace allowed me to awake before the sun. My alarm went off at what I once would consider an ungodly hour to go outside and rise with the sun.
I tiptoed out of the room and out the door. Walked down the wooden path into the silky sand. I sat in the mist of God’s grace casting light onto a new day we get to live in. He’s grace woke me up today.
This morning I had every expectation to be filled with the Joy of my heavenly father. I had every desire to sit in the presence of His beauty and be filled with His love and promise. I wanted to see Him dance across the sky, see Him play in the waves that crashed one on top of the other. I had every intention of finding Him.
I did. I found Him. I saw His beauty. I saw His joy. I saw His grace, but what I didn’t expect to find was His broken heart.
I was sitting, praising Him for His goodness in my life. I was watching Him wake up the world, but I was also watching His sorrow. It means more. As I sat watching the sun rise on a new day I was overcome with the knowledge that this means so much more. I watched the people as they basked in the beauty of this sun that rises day after day. They saw the beauty in it, but did they see HIS beauty in it? It struck me in that second that a lot of these people standing on the same beach as me don’t know. They don’t know that He is the one who cause the sun to rise each day. He created the beauty we are surrounded by.
“IT MEANS SO MUCH MORE!”
I wanted to shout it. I wanted them to realize. That sun, how it rises, the reason the waves crash, the ability for us to even function, it is because of Him. My heart saw His sorrow. I saw His desire for them all to know.
Isn’t this the reason. It’s why you are doing what you are doing. It is why I have called you out of the comforts of your current life. It means so much more. These people who think that the sun simply rises due to the law of science, they are everywhere. Go. Shout it. Let them know that this life, this day, it means so much more.
As I approach this coming Saturday, when I launch for The World Race, I pray I am given the boldness to shout: “It means so much more!”
Saturday my team and I head to launch! Please be praying as this journey into the nations begins!
Love you all! Have a blessed day, and Happy Father’s day to all you dads out there!
-Sydney
