I'm so bored of little gods
While standing on the edge of something large
While standing here, so close to You
We could be consumed
~David Crowder
Unless you actually know what you're doing (thus ensuring what I am about to say applies to me), it is most certainly more interesting to play drums when there is additional music. Preferably some form of melody, possibly with a submelody or bass line, and maybe even a harmony. Therefore I listen to my iPod while I practice. This morning's appointment with the set involved a couple albums by the wonderful David Crowder* (is about to go insane because Jack Parker continually tries to sabotage the work of the rest of the) Band. Something caught my attention today though, and I have written it at the beginning of this post. If you didn't read it before you got to this point, then I recommend you do so in lieu of not knowing what I'm talking about from here on.
God appears throughout Scripture in powerful forms, whether it be as a champion wrestler or various arrangements of fire. Although these are impressive, my favorite depiction is from 1 Kings 19, when the Lord confronts Elijah at Horeb. As you may know, the man witnesses not only a fire, but an earthquake and a wind that "tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks." I think I would be moderately afraid to stand in the midst of all that. What amazes me the most though, is that the Lord ultimately comes as a whisper. While the fact that God can speak in whatever form He chooses, what stands out to me now is that although He was not in the preceding events, He caused them. This is serious stuff. The God I worship is far more loving and compassionate than I will ever comprehend, yet He is also much more powerful than my mind can grasp. I think the reason that we are not so struck by this is because His power is too great to stand out. If we were to truly understand what it means to say that God created us, we would tremble in fear. Even a small glimpse of what this power is like caused me to be filled with such conflicting emotion. The terrifying thoughts of His capabilities, mixed with a deep passion to be loved and longed for by such a powerful being, flood my mind and I am almost lost in my own head. It's pretty incredible to be so struck with fear and yet to be able to love the reason for that fear.
Definitely worth the risk.
