We must not cease to wonder at the great marvels of our God. It would be very difficult to draw a line between holy wonder and real worship; for when the soul is overwhelmed with the majesty of Gods glory, though it may not express itself in song, or even utter its voice with bowed head in humble prayer, yet it silently adores. Our incarnate God is to be worshipped as the Wonderful. That God should consider His fallen creature, man, and instead of sweeping him away with the besom of destruction, should Himself undertake to be mans Redeemer, and to pay his ransom price, is, indeed marvellous! But to each believer redemption is most marvellous as he views it in relation to himself. It is a miracle of grace indeed, that Jesus should forsake the thrones and royalties above, to suffer ignominiously below for you and I. Let lose our souls in wonder, for wonder is in this way a very practical emotion. Holy wonder will lead us to grateful worship and heartfelt thanksgiving. It will cause within us a Godly watchfulness; We will be afraid to sin against such a love as this. Feeling the presence of the mighty God in the gift of His dear Son, we must put off our shoes from off our feet before Him, because the place whereon we stand is Holy ground. We will be moved at the same time to glorious hope. If Jesus has done such marvellous things on our behalf, then we should better feel that heaven itself is not too great for our expectation. Who can be astonished at anything, when he has once been astonished at the manger and the cross? What is there wonderful left after one has seen the Saviour? Dear reader, it may be that from the quietness and solitariness of our lives, we are scarcely able to imitate the shepherds of Bethlehem, who told what they had seen and heard, but we can, at least, fill up the circle of the worshippers before the throne, by wondering at what God has done. The story of the church is a constellation of miracles. I cannot venture upon themes so vast as Creation and Providence. Shall we turn to the works of Grace, the wonders of Redemption? If we consider the glory of grace surrounding the cross, which is the wonder of wonders, we are upon a boundless ocean. MY GOD IS MIGHTY TO SAVE. Luke 2:18, Psalm 136:4.
Posted on: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 23:59:56 +0000
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