God’s truth is old and has been indelibly written across time—always relevant no matter the cultural context. As such I have been finding myself reaching for a worn and tattered 1965 printing of Oswald Chambers My Utmost for His Highest. This past weekend I read the entry for January 3rd: Clouds and Darkness in which Chambers states:
“If we have never had the experience of taking our commonplace religious shoes off our commonplace religious feet, and getting rid of all the undue familiarity with which we approach God, it is questionable whether we have ever stood in His presence. The people who are flippant and familiar are those who have never yet been introduced to Jesus Christ. After the amazing delight and liberty of realizing what Jesus does, comes the impenetrable darkness of realizing who He is.”
Its funny to think of familiarity with God as being dangerous to us because there is a level at which we are (and should be) familiar with Him. However we should never feel as though we “get” Him. As the Chris Tomlin songs states He is indescribable, uncontainable, all powerful, and untamable. While God is obtainable through the cross there should always be in our worship a sense of wonder and awe which draws us ever deeper into the darkness of His mystery.
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