Arise and wonder, tear away the blinds, pry open the shutters. Behold the magnificence of God’s magnanimity. Contemplate the magnitude of His majesty. Dare to see how that He has bestowed upon us the full range of His attention.
See how that He has entered in amongst us and with His own blood rescued us from the trappings of the flesh.
Do you not wonder as I do about the reasons behind his actions? Why has He reached into the belly of hell and plucked us from the fiery flames of death? Why does He dote on us like a mother would her child? He has arrested us with his affection. I shudder at the gravity of it all.
We are recipients of His fullness, participants in His Love-feast. We have been invited, incorporated, and involved in His Life. It is not something that is about to happen.
Our LIGHT is come. This is a NOW-reality.
The awful, terrible reality of who we are in Christ is right before us, looming large in the NOW of our earthly lives. We are more than just a motley bunch, more than a hodgepodge of characters with sinews, skin and bones. We are the very creation that Christ died for Indeed we are the ones for whom the earth awaits like a petulant teen is wont to wait for her prom date. My eyes gaze, wide with wonder at His benevolence which he lavishes on us in Christ Arise, pick up yourself by the bootstraps. The reality of what lies before you is no mere puddle but rather a raging ocean with the proclivity for increase.
We do not flinch or stutter. He is the sum total of all glory, the very essence of Light. He pervades and holds preeminence in his hands.
There is no shadow of doubt neither is there any variableness with Him.
If shadows exist, they are but the shadow of His wings – that place of the Infinite Oneness where intimacy and romance are found at their peak.
If shadows exist, they are but the shadows of His Persona – for He is a mystery, He is a wonder.