I don’t think about reverence often. In fact, I’m usually too busy and harried to think about much at all. I heard a speaker last weekend, Norm Wakefield (www.spiritofelijah.com), and was reminded of the fact that God is RIGHT HERE. He’s not is some far off place, and he’s not even remotely in an other location. He’s here, and only a veil separates us from seeing and hearing him. The veil that was put up in the Fall.
But Jesus, in His sacrifice, tore that veil, literally (in the temple) and spiritually (in our own spirits). Now the Holy Spirit passes freely through that veil, between the earthly realm and the heavenly realm. Heaven is HERE. God is RIGHT BEFORE ME. Think of Stephen as he was being stoned (Acts 7:54-60). The veil was merely pulled back, and he saw what was before him ALL THE TIME.
If that doesn’t inspire reverence, I don’t know what will! As I go about my day, and get caught up in the frustrations of the mundane, God is right before me, waiting to minister to me. I just have to whisper, “Help” and I’m in.
I’m listening to “Let It Rain” right now on Michael W. Smith’s Worship album.
Let it rain, let it rain,
Open the floodgates of heaven….
Only the floodgates aren’t a big door in the sky, but the wall of a dam that is right in front of my face. I will try today to remain in a unwavering attitude of reverence as I run my household. I bet the laundry won’t seem as daunting or the dishes seem so many.
