Beholding God's Genius ~ Message 42

  This message gets into the change that we experience in viewing the world around us when we become acutely aware of the genius of our Creator. 

  Once I heard a song about someone who was tired of being stirred without being changed.  It was how we have our emotions stirred temporarily, like stirring water without adding anything to it, it slows down and stops and stays quite the same.  The life of a believer is much the same, stirred on Sunday only to slow down during the following week.

  God gives us a hint about a guaranteed change that He will make in us as we recognize his glory.  A little like someone admiring a stunning work of art that excites their emotions and turns to a bystander to comment, then finds out that the person is the artist.  All the excitement shifts from the artwork over to the artist.  Then they begin to see all the artists work quite differently. (see 2Cor. 3:18)

Salient Points: How are you, God’s woven tapestry, Unintentionally ignoring God, What if God treated you like you treat your children, The depth of the Bible, Difficulties in understanding scripture, Where is your attention, The future is real, Focus on God, Beholding the Artist’s talent, The light of God, Showing interest in God, Evening to morning, Shadow vs darkness, Very impressed by God, Just proof text, Unoffended, Under appreciating God, Key to a good marriage, Beauty that only God sees, Astounding variety, Not just for you, God has always been good. 

Scripture: Ps. 90:4,12-13,  2 Ptr. 3:4,8-13,  1 Thess. 4:13 

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