1 John 3:2 | Prayer

Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2

"For we shall see him as he is." That last line has been on my mind since I read it Sunday. The more I know about you, results in the more that I want to know about you. If I doubled my knowledge every day until death, it wouldn't compare to what I would find, when I finally meet you face to face.

What would it be like to fully know you? Who is this God that I can't fathom? I look at mountains and I am in awe of their might and their stillness. -Their mere greatness in comparison to me. I couldn't cover one in a day or even a week. Yet they tremble at your name. (Nahum 1:5). I want to know what makes them tremble. What is it that they see or hear that I do not?

I look at the sun and the stars and how they are suspended in the sky. -How they hang only on your every word. (Isaiah 40:26). How much more brilliant, powerful must you be to awe the stars?

Do even the trees hear your whisper and rise up to touch you? Do even the birds follow your commands? What is it that you would say to them? And do they see...

Everything in your creation has layer upon layer to it's making. Each so detailed and carefully crafted. How many more layers must there be to your infiniteness. If a mountain can steal my breath, the creation of life mystify me and your grace alone humble me. How much more will each of those reactions be magnified in your presence? Show me who it is that I haven't seen. Unfold another layer to your greatness.

If it's my rules that destroy my visibility, take me back to infancy. When I was so fresh from you, that I was not aware of my own desire. Did I then know, where I came from? Reduce me to tears and no other form of words. To be satisfied with what you give instead of what I want. -When I had no choice but to see what only you set before me. Even then, I am sure that I could not retain all of you but would I be able to see more?

Prepare my heart God so that I can see, then show me at least one new thing that I miss in my every other day. Make this day new. Find me worthy of your secrets. My heart so longs to know more.