More than a Glimpse...

Isaiah 40: 3-5

A voice cries:
"In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD; make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill made low; the uneven ground shall become level, and the rough places a plain. And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together, for the mouth of the LORD has spoken."

I was really thinking about this verse, trying to dig into the deeper meaning, the symbolism of it's words and its purpose and then it hit me...

I in-vision a video game where all of a sudden a mountain falls and a valley rises to meet it.  I see rocks being destroyed and pot holes being filled.  There is this openness, a vastness, unobstructed and as far as the eye can see.  Suddenly, there is a light--so bright and so powerful, nothing stands in its way--there are no shadows.  Everything illuminates the source and magnifies its radius.  Even though there is emptiness, there is fullness.

I think about the wilderness that I am standing in...what mountains stand in my way?  What are the things in my life that obstruct my view, that keep me in constant shadow?  What valleys lie before me?  What are the areas in my life that are raw and exposed and that need lifted and strengthened?  What are the rocks and pebbles that keep my feet from walking on level ground?  And finally, what are the pits and the holes that need to be filled?

In this place of wilderness--I am preparing the way of the LORD.  I am creating an openness that can be filled completely and overwhelmingly by God and God alone.  This place of wilderness is where God reveals His glory and His presence with no obstruction.

To see your light, your warmth on my face, 

to feel covered and consumed by your power and strength.

I want more than a glimpse.