I'm currently reading Satisfy My Thirsty Soul by Linda Dillow, and I'm thoroughly enjoying her book. (As always! She's an excellent writer, and I continually find myself being drawn closer to God through her compelling style.)
This book is about intimacy with God. Not just a relationship with Him. Not just being a friend of God. But a face-to-face intimacy with Him.
I found myself smiling when I read a particular paragraph from chapter two, but not because it was in itself amusing. I was smiling because a couple of recent conversations made the paragraph seem a little more... real? understandable? approachable?
Maybe you'll see what I mean, and maybe you won't. Either way, here's the paragraph that caught my attention:
"Psalm 22:3 says that He comes in a very special way. My Bible translates it, "God is enthroned in the praises of His people." Other English translations say, "God inhabits the praises of His people." In the Japanese Bible, it says: "When we we worship, we build a big chair for God to sit in." I love that! My worship invites the Holy God to come and dwell in the big recliner my worship creates for Him. I invite His presence. My worship speaks to God's heart."
Dillow also quotes George Skramstad as saying:
"Ultimate worship takes place when we, like children, find ourselves climbing into the lap of our heavenly Father with the desire just to be with Him. At that moment there is no agenda other than to sit in His presence, to love Him, to whisper in His ear our gratitude, to feel His face, to hear His heart, to rest in His embrace, to enjoy the moment, and to understand more fully the God who yearns to enjoy us."
I know exactly what they're saying. And I want more of those moments. Those moments that no words can express. Those moments of being completely secure, and peacefully resting in His arms, just enjoying Him.
This book is about intimacy with God. Not just a relationship with Him. Not just being a friend of God. But a face-to-face intimacy with Him.
I found myself smiling when I read a particular paragraph from chapter two, but not because it was in itself amusing. I was smiling because a couple of recent conversations made the paragraph seem a little more... real? understandable? approachable?
Maybe you'll see what I mean, and maybe you won't. Either way, here's the paragraph that caught my attention:
"Psalm 22:3 says that He comes in a very special way. My Bible translates it, "God is enthroned in the praises of His people." Other English translations say, "God inhabits the praises of His people." In the Japanese Bible, it says: "When we we worship, we build a big chair for God to sit in." I love that! My worship invites the Holy God to come and dwell in the big recliner my worship creates for Him. I invite His presence. My worship speaks to God's heart."
Dillow also quotes George Skramstad as saying:
"Ultimate worship takes place when we, like children, find ourselves climbing into the lap of our heavenly Father with the desire just to be with Him. At that moment there is no agenda other than to sit in His presence, to love Him, to whisper in His ear our gratitude, to feel His face, to hear His heart, to rest in His embrace, to enjoy the moment, and to understand more fully the God who yearns to enjoy us."
I know exactly what they're saying. And I want more of those moments. Those moments that no words can express. Those moments of being completely secure, and peacefully resting in His arms, just enjoying Him.
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