thoughts on responsibility

We are made in God's image. We all like to talk, we love to be heard! We love to have our thoughts matter to someone else. God must be this way. He must really want His thoughts to matter to us. Thoughts on flowers, children, the different nations, the future, the day...His thoughts on the things we are willing to share with Him.

When He speaks, it's different than we speak. Every word, impression, moment, breath weighs immensely. Nothing is light. I get terrified to go to Him sometimes, with nothing more on the agenda than just to listen. What He says is heavy. What He allows me to perceive carries a responsibility.

I think He has always been saying a lot, but maybe hearing it has increased.

This morning in worship, He showed me a scene at His throne. People were coming to Him and picking up items that were gift wrapped, mostly Christmas paper. Each person was picking up an item for someone they knew needed it. Everyone had so much joy.  Each person walked with purpose and expectation. These items were gifts from the Father, from Heaven. They were treasures being delivered to specific people in the lives of those who went to God's throne.

As I wrote at the beginning of this piece, God must be like us, or we must be like God. We want to be heard and known, because He wants to be heard and known so deeply.

He wants to be adored. He awaits us to turn our attention to Him and look in His face. He will capture us, hold us up to eye level with Him. That's where the scene at His throne starts. Looking in His face, adoring Him, then seeing the way to His seat and doing what He does. Gift wrapped joy and provision and blessing and love for us and those in our lives. He loves. He loves to love. He loves to be loved, like we do.

God, help us look in Your eyes. And help us not be afraid of what we see there, of what You show us next. Help us to see Your joy and say yes to doing what You do! Overcome and overwhelm us. Fill us with Love. Show us Your love, God!

(Disclaimer: I hope I write pieces/articles/poems/essays about this topic over and over again for the rest of my life. God is not done talking about this and opening more of this for us to see. He's not done talking!) hahahahahaha