Ex 39-40 Chasing the Wind

January 31st, Exodus 39-40

       How would you or I feel if we had tangible proof of God's presence every day of our life. A cloud in my back yard by day, and a fire at night. I imagine from day to day I might feel different about it. Smoke and fire are not real personal in nature. My mind flashes to episodes of Lost and their reaction to a traveling batch of smoke.
       God has a history of wanting to be with His people. A deist view of God would not be interested in the number of ways the Bible has let us know about God's interaction with his creation. God came to Adam and Eve to meet with them in the garden. The Israelites saw the presence of God every day. Jesus came to earth and was "God with us." Jesus promised us the Holy Spirit would come and for those who follow Jesus, God almighty would dwell with us individually.
       The human race seems more interesting in the chase. We chase dreams, goals, men/women. Every action movie has to have a chase scene in it to be worth a lick. Why the obsession with the chase? A Rich Mullins song reminds me of the opposite being of more value when it comes to God and his pursuit of us...
       
       There's a wideness in God's mercy, I cannot find in my own 
              And He keeps His fire burning, To melt this heart of stone 
       Keeps me aching with a yearning, Keeps me glad to have been caught 
              In the reckless raging fury, That they call the love of God 
     
       Why all the running? Why all the validating from people, power, and money? Why all the shell games, camouflage, cursing God for not feeling His presence while running from it? It's obvious that God pursues his creation. We're better of caught.



P.S. the fifth definition of fury in the dictionary is: a frenzy of being inspired. A famous G.K. Chesterton quote that Rich wove into one of his songs, "The Furious Love of God."