Awake My Soul

I know I have not written a new blog post in a while. I actually have a few things I would like to write about and post, I just have not found the time yet. Hopefully soon, but for now, I will leave you with a quote from one of my favorite books. I pray that anyone who reads this will meditate on the idea that Kauflin is trying to express, and examine their own personal time with the Lord.

"Gettting to know God is time-consuming. We live in the age of instant everything. We want a life-changing devotional in fifteen minutes max. And why shouldn't God fit into the slot we've allotted him? After all, he's God; he knows how packed our schedule is! We open our Bibles and get bored if nothing grips us after two paragraphs. We want everything abridged, dumbed down, and in today's lingo, so we don't have to think too much or examine our lives too closely.

"Those attitudes are unacceptable if we want to display the glories of God through song each Sunday. Given our small minds, our absolute dependence on revealed truth, and the immensity of God, how can we think there's an easy path to knowing the God we worship?

"There are no shortcuts. Only a grace-motivated, steadfast, lifelong pursuit of the God who created and redeemed us for his glory."

Worship Matters Bob Kauflin 2008

We are all a part of the iGeneration. The i has two meanings: 1. individual, meaning everything is about me and how it effects me alone. 2. instant, how fast can I obtain what I am seeking for myself. This way of thinking has deeply affected me with my spiritual life. I do have a need for instantaneous revelation and gratification from the Lord. But God, the eternal, unchanging being, is not a part of the iGeneration and he expects so much more from me as his child.

Awake My Soul

Mumford & Sons

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