Do you
believe in God, so much so that you are ordering your life around the wonder
that is God? Are you captivated by the
reality of the Living God? Do you stand in awe as you witness the grace of God
day by day? Are you amazed at what you
see when you look into the life of Jesus and seek to grasp just what He is
about?
Maybe
the questions are too dramatic. Maybe
not. I just know that the song writer
speaks for me when he said, “
I stand amazed in the presence
Of Jesus the Nazarene
And I wonder how He could love me,
A sinner condemned, unclean.
How marvelous, how wonderful
And my song shall ever be.
How marvelous, how wonderful
Is my Savior's love for me.[1]
Sometimes God just surprises
me and leaves me reeling in wonder as I try to get my head around how good He
has been.
I am learning, though I am a
slow learner, to trust God’s grace and to let God be God. Still, sometimes it all comes crashing down
on me so forcefully that I am left speechless, and able only to quote the words
of Mr. Newton, “Amazing Grace! How Sweet the sound!”
“I stand amazed…and I
wonder.” Who would have thought it that
God should get Himself involved in my life, and stake His claims on me? It certainly caught me off guard and today,
after a whole lot of years walking with Jesus I still say, “I stand amazed.”
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