All they that heard it wondered at those things
Luke 2:18
We must not cease to wonder at the great marvels of our God. It
would be very difficult to draw a line between holy wonder and real
worship; for when the soul is overwhelmed with the majesty of God's
glory, though it may not express itself in song, or even utter its
voice with bowed head in humble prayer, yet it silently adores. Our
incarnate God is to be worshipped as "the Wonderful." That God should
consider His fallen creature, man, and instead of sweeping him away
with the besom of destruction, should Himself undertake to be man's
Redeemer, and to pay his ransom price, is, indeed marvellous! But to
each believer redemption is most marvellous as he views it in
relation to himself. It is a miracle of grace indeed, that Jesus
should forsake the thrones and royalties above, to suffer
ignominiously below for you. Let your soul lose itself in wonder, for
wonder is in this way a very practical emotion. Holy wonder will lead
you to grateful worship and heartfelt thanksgiving. It will cause
within you godly watchfulness; you will be afraid to sin against such
a love as this. Feeling the presence of the mighty God in the gift of
His dear Son, you will put off your shoes from off your feet, because
the place whereon you stand is holy ground. You will be moved at the
same time to glorious hope. If Jesus has done such marvellous things
on your behalf, you will feel that heaven itself is not too great for
your expectation. Who can be astonished at anything, when he has once
been astonished at the manger and the cross? What is there wonderful
left after one has seen the Saviour? Dear reader, it may be that from
the quietness and solitariness of your life, you are scarcely able to
imitate the shepherds of Bethlehem, who told what they had seen and
heard, but you can, at least, fill up the circle of the worshippers
before the throne, by wondering at what God has done.
