Don't Expect Too Much of God?

I heard a fascinating insight today. The point that struck me instructed that one of our greatest obstacles to experiencing the awe and wonder of God lies in our low expectations of him. Wow.

Never thinking of it in quite that way, the truth of it slapped me extremely hard. How many times do my actions say, "God, I got this one" or "Leave it to me, Lord"? Or when we hear of a tragedy we express sentiments like "What can I do?" or "How can I help?" We really don't expect too much from God, do we?

Sure, he bails us out on occasion, but only when we've really hit rock bottom. A realization... I'm in desperate need of a reawakening to the fact that I'm nothing without God. He can work great things through me, but I must put him to work in my life through trust in him, prayer to him and reliance on him.

God hasn't abandoned his work of reconciliation and merely left it to us. He is, though, waiting for you and I to put him to work in our part of the story. I'm convinced that once I let him get involved, the awe and wonder will never stop!