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WOW

21/8/2020

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I was chatting with someone this week about become better disciple makers by intentionally recognising God’s faithfulness in our everyday life, and putting the WOW back into our witness.  This came from a discussion around Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the fiery furnace: 
  • How their experience of God’s faithfulness in their lives gave them such certainty in the promises of God that they knew even if God did not save them, with God on their side, ultimately they never lose - WOW! 
  • How they themselves were unharmed whilst those throwing them into the furnace died from the heat - WOW! 
  • How in the midst of the furnace they were unharmed, their clothes not scorched nor any smell of smoke upon them - WOW!  
  • How God didn’t save them from being thrown into the furnace, but met them in there and walked through it with them - WOW!  
  • How when they emerged from the furnace, that which had bound them previously had been removed - WOW!  
  • How because of their faithful witness in the face of fiery trials someone far from God saw the power of God in action - WOW!
WOW is an exclamation that we use when something takes us by surprise (in either positive or negative ways) - which, one commentator notes is why we spell it the same both forwards and backwards!  But how does WOW make us better disciple makers?  When we (adults and children) are WOWed by something in a negative way, we learn valuable lessons and seek to help others to avoid the same mistakes.  When we are WOWed by someone (in a good way) we talk about them endlessly, we spend as much time with them as we can to learn as much about them as we can, and seek them out at every opportunity.  When children are WOWed by something (in a good way) they can’t wait to tell their friends, they’re excited, they’re bubbling, and their passion is infectious …
​God wants to WOW us - and he wants us to share our WOW with others around us.  When we read His word closely, His story and his faithfulness will WOW us; when we bring our lives to the foot of the cross, His grace will WOW us; when we seek Him and walk in relationship, his love (and his correction) will WOW us … 
When was the last time you allowed yourself to be WOWed by God? 
When was the last time you witnessed like a child who has been WOWed? 
​
Grace & Peace
Jen
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