This morning I am picking up The Practice of the Presence of God for the first time in months. I hate when I start reading books and they never get quite finished. With the addition of my reading list I hope to keep these unfinished books in front of me so that I will remember to pick them up and finish them.
This morning I read the letter by brother Lawrence entitled “How to Adore God”. In this he gives 3 practical steps as to how to adore God with our entire being. As I articulate these, my prayer is that I will meditate on them with the purpose of living them.
In the first he states that to adore God is to worship him with the heart of our very being. To grab that place deep down in our souls and worship him from that place. God is spirit, it is the depths of our spirit that should worship him.
The second thing to remember is that HE IS GOD and we are not. He is infinitely worthy. He is perfection.
What man, no matter how little sense he may have, would not exert all his strength to show his respect and love of this great God?
The third thing is that we need to be honest and admit that no matter how hard we try, our nature is the opposite of his. Despite this he is willing to make us like him. He has chosen us!
Amazing Grace how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me!
As we bring ourselves to this third thought we are without excuse in giving him all our adoration. In our unworthiness he has bestowed upon us infinite worth.
I see that the intent of these steps is not to give us a formula for some liturgy but instead to progressively bring our thoughts to a place of understanding that once we begin to meditate on God and who he is, how can we help but to adore him.
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