In Awe of the One Who Gave It All

When I listen to others give their testimonies, I tend to feel like mine is “boring.” People excitingly tell about the moment they truly saw God for the first time. I don’t remember the exact instant when I turned to Jesus, because I don’t remember life without Him. Because of my amazing parents and family, I have been blessed by being in a church since I was a baby. People go years and even their whole lives without ever really knowing Jesus, and I on the other hand, have never seen life from a nonbeliever’s perspective.

I remember one day at Vacation Bible School where I said out loud that I believed in Jesus and that He died for our sins and I accepted Him into my heart. I told my best friend in the first grade about Jesus and prayed with her because I wanted her to get to go to Heaven. I spent hours in the Sunday School classroom with my grandma (who was the teacher) and taking hymn books home so I could practice singing songs before Sunday morning.

One memory that really sticks out to me was when I felt something different: awe. I was at Maranatha Bible Camp and kids were being baptized in the lake as the sun was setting. I was only 13, but I was truly awestruck and overwhelmed with Jesus. The tears started rolling down as I thought about His love for me. This was the day I rededicated my life to Him.

I am not here to tell you that I have a perfect relationship with our God, because I don’t. I still fail Him every day. My point of this, is that I take for granted the relationship I have with the Creator of the Universe. Instead of just reading Bible verses on Pinterest, I want to have those awestruck moments where I fall to my knees thinking about Him. I want to have a heart that looks for Him in every situation and recognizes that happenings in life aren’t just “weird coincidences” but are God things.

“Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from God our Father who created all the lights in the heavens.” James 1:17

When I truly start to think of it all, it blows my mind trying to process God and His works. He created the stars, the sun, the moon, and Earth. He created the heavens. He created the mountains, rivers, valleys, canyons, plants, and animals. Not only did He create these things, He orchestrated it all to work perfectly. In the midst of this universe, on this planet, He created us. Each one of us is unique and has our own mind, heart and soul and without us even realizing it, our brain is telling our heart to beat and lungs to breathe. Everything about us is amazing. We can touch, feel, taste, read, dream, love, hurt and talk. The Creator of everything not only made us, but He knows us and wants to have that relationship with us.

Our minds cannot even begin to fathom God, His love for us, and how it all works; but yet, we take Him and our relationship with Him for granted. We start to expect all of these things to just happen. We can’t even understand how perfect He is because we can never be perfect. Instead of trying to figure it all out, we need to stand in awe. We must try our best to be like Him, try our best to please Him, and try our best to love and grow in our relationship with Him.

Dear Heavenly Father,

Help me never take for granted our relationship. Help me always be in awe because of You. I am truly thankful for this life that You have constructed for me. Help me tell others of Your works and show them how powerful you are. Every decision I make, every word I speak, and every action I take should be rooted in admiration and wonder for You.

Amen

Why are you in awe when it comes to God and His works? Do you take for granted your relationship with Him? How can you show thanks and praise to Him?

“I’ll stand with arms high and heart abandoned, in awe of the One who gave it all. I’ll stand, my soul Lord to you is surrendered, all I am is yours.” Hillsong United (The Stand)