Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. [Matthew 6:9 NIV]
When I think about heaven I think about a dimension rather than a place.
I think of God reigning over a kingdom that is not visible to our eyes.
I know that God hears me because heaven is as close as the air I breathe.
In a sense, we pray asking for the dimension of heaven to break into our dimension.
This verse flashes me back to Moses' first encounter with God at the burning bush.
In that passage we see a picture of what it means to hallow God and His name.
Moses bowed in reverence and awe at the voice of his Creator.
This sense of awe is often missing from my prayers.
Too often I forget who God is and who I am.
Sometimes the familiarity of my life with him gets in the way.
When I pray familiar prayers I am not honoring his name.
In a sense, I might as well be calling him Steve.
I worship you Heavenly Father. Open my eyes today that I might see you.
... this devotion is part of the Red Letters series. Click here to read more.
It boggles my mind that Moses stood in the presence of a Most Holy God... and yet, I have the Holy Spirit of that Most Holy God in my life to comfort and direct. Sometime I envy Moses, but then remember, God is an ever present force in my life too.
ReplyDeleteIt boggles my mind too Wanda.. both for Moses and for us.
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