I've recently discovered that GOD is so fun. You've probably already heard him being described as that, but i don't mean fun as in his sense of humor displayed in unlikely circumstances that turn out to be colossal blessings. Although you gotta love those too! I mean, God must've enjoyed creating flavors in the plants and putting in all the many combinations of vitamins and all that good stuff in it. He must've thought of how much we'd enjoy mixing things together and creating new flavors with them. I can't help but think, HE must be such a joyous GOD. And i love that about the Lord. Even though He knew that no one would deserve to experience His goodness, He made himself so easily available to us and displayed himself in creation.
Being in the kitchen always makes me feel like a child playing with the "toys" that my Father gives me. I have so much fun running around in a flurry of spices and ingredients--not knowing what i'm doing, and coming out with something delightful. Sometimes it's more "interesting" than delightful. But that's how you learn to control yourself from mixing in too much olive oil. Among other things, of course ;)
And then you look around, and you see squirrels and birds and all these little creatures scurrying about, living their lives to the fullest (Lol), not bothered by where they'd find food or where they'd sleep. Every morning i wake up and the whole universe is in order just like it was yesterday! Nothing i do, good or bad, not even my tenacious propensity for doing dumb things, changes that. There's nothing i can improve about myself to make GOD love me more. He knows the absolute worst things about you and me and yet He still walked the earth like his created beings, died a horrific death on the cross, rose again and is now preparing a place for us to reign with him for all eternity. I'm ashamed to admit that days like these are rare--when i think about GOD and remember what He did for me more than 2000 years ago. I really wanna enthrone the Lord in my being so much so that it changes me. I'm so afraid that my worldly ways would lead me astray. I'm finding that the only times i've truly felt lost have been the times that my love had grown cold. I've been through so many storms and valleys in my life, but none compare to the the midnight hour of feeling separated from the Lord.
I'm convinced this is Jesus' working in me to write this down today. My flesh is not naturally inclined to worship the Lord (Gal 5:16-18) His grace is evident in the fact that even as he commands us to worship him, He draws worship out of us and teaches us how to do it in Spirit and in truth…and sometimes while we're in the kitchen marveling at His creativity and wisdom.
Zephaniah 3:17 says “The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness.” Wait…the Lord, our God, holy and perfect in every way rejoices over us??? That's crazy, right? But it's also the truth. I really feel like the reason we enjoy all these "simple things in life" is because God is in all of it, even though we may fail to acknowledge it sometimes. And the enjoyment of said "simple things" is really the precedent to worshipping Him for it. John Piper once said "…the command is to delight in God himself, and all other blessings we enjoy should lead us to God himself as our final and fullest satisfaction." He really is "the most winsome of all beings." And i truly believe that He never stops pulling us close. What a wonderful GOD is he.
