“I will praise thee,
O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works. I will
be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.”
~Psalms 9:1-2
I want to introduce you to a very special person. This is
Blake and he is my son, and Blake has a tremendous ability. Blake can teach.
Blake cannot only teach, but he is a tremendous teacher.
My fourteen month old son Blake has taught me more about
worship than anyone else in the whole world.
When I come home from working all day, one of my most
favorite things to do is to get out of the truck and just stand on the porch
and wait for the show. I enjoy the sight of my children with their faces smushed
against the glass storm door. They cheer and squeal as I walk across the porch
and as soon the door opens I am hit with requests that range from light saber
duels to princess tea party R.S.V.P.s. I hear knock knock jokes peppered with
sibling wrong doings and a multitude of questions.
Let’s go back to the glass door for a minute.
The two older children are smushing their faces against the
glass competing with each other to see whose funny face will make daddy smile
first, and then below them is Blake.
He has his little arms extended out as tall as they will
stretch, his little chubby palms open to their fullest, and his face reflects
utter focus on his daddy. He beams a smile because he has been seen by his
daddy and his eyes are firmly fixed on mine.
Wiggling unsteadily and banging his hands on the glass storm
door, his entire little body is literally shaking with anticipation of being
lifted up and held by daddy. He is waiting to be safe in daddy’s arms, hugged,
and kissed before being told, “I love you son!”
So when I read psalms 9, this is what I see. The fantastic
anticipation of a child waiting to experience their Daddy’s presence.
”I will praise thee,
O LORD, with my whole heart;…” ~Psalms 9:1
We live in a society that encourages if not
demands that we multi-task. The maximum output of activity in the minimum
amount of time.
I am all for time management and productivity in
as many areas as we can with the exception of the dedicated time that we give
God.
When was the last time that you focused your
undivided attention on Daddy?
When have you blocked out every noise and
distraction to just extend your arms, hands, and attention and fully focus on
Daddy’s gaze?
His arms are extending towards you even now as He
crosses the porch.
He is looking forward to completely focusing on
you as He holds you close. All day long He has anticipated you focusing
entirely on Him so you can hear Him say, “I love you!”
Go ahead. I dare you. Put down the “Toys” that
have occupied your time and attention all day long and run to the door.
Disregard the voices around you and stop focusing on others exhausting efforts to make
Daddy smile and you fix your gaze on Daddy!
Don’t multi-task your praise for Daddy.
“…with my whole heart;…” ~Psalms 9:1
~Dan
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