Do we expect to encounter God?

Answer honestly…Do you expect to encounter God? Ever? Do you expect to encounter God in worship? Or are you just going through the motions, waiting for the pastor to stop talking?

Do you expect to encounter God in other parts of your life? Do you believe that life can be compartmentalized like that — that God only has access to the churchy parts of life, but must be hands off to other portions of your life?

Do you expect to encounter God, or are you hoping that you don’t? Many will say they want to encounter God — but I suspect that many people don’t really want an encounter with God. An encounter with God would mean that our lives would have to change. And if life is good (at least it appears that way), then we probably don’t want it messed with. We’d have to admit we weren’t in control. And then what? What would God have us do? What crazy things would we have to do? What would we have to give up? What would have to end?

Do we really want to encounter God? If you really do, then what are you doing in life to prepare for such an encounter? To be ready to respond?

Do you really want to encounter God? Do you really? Are you willing to pay the price for such an encounter? Are you willing to give everything you have away if that’s what God would ask of you?

We don’t have control over when God encounters us. We certainly don’t have control over what God will ask of us. All we have is how we respond.