The
God twitch is a spontaneous turning of one’s spasmodic concentration to
God. It is the sudden, spontaneous
reaction to the Holy Spirit poking at your hot nerve. Some are more reactive than others; quicker
to flinch in God's direction. If we
don't realize what is happening we may mistake the poke as a crisis, as a
terrible occurrence, as a heartbreak. It
is not. It is the Lord making Himself unmistakably
visible. David felt it when Saul came
after him in the wilderness. Stephen
felt it as he faced his martyrdom. Jonah
faced it as he sat in the belly of the great fish and Peter came upon it as he
wept uncontrollably in the dark closet of Jerusalem Good Friday. We may question many matters in our life but
when Job like you was hit in the head by the lightning flash of God he became
silent as a door knob. There is nothing
to do when God comes upon you with the force of heaven itself. You must silently wait upon Him as He works
Himself through every cell and corpuscle you possess. Why should we think God would always deal
with us peacefully and comfortably when the greatest people in the Bible were
struck dumb by the weight of His awful Presence? As Christians, we must stop making excuses
for God; quit sugarcoating the ways He moves within us. Did Ruth lose her husband or not? Did Elijah face the terror of Jezebel or
not? Did Paul get beaten with rods or
not? It is anathema to make God out as
some kind of silly puppy who bounces about mindlessly whenever we meet
Him. He is stern in His determination to
make us face Him. Should we think His
glory is casual and light? It is
not! It is as heavy as the weight of the
firestorm that fell upon Sodom. Nothing
stops the force of our God's entrance when He decides to make Himself known to
us with finality. Just look at the
picture we have of Jesus in Daniel 7 and try to wiggle out of this one simple
attribute of God. He is holy...terribly
holy and it is a grave error to mistake Him as Santa Claus. Sin is not a bad move on our part; it is the
terrifying rebellion of a fool who dares come up against the Almighty God. We must never mistake God as a doting father
who overlooks every offence of his child.
He is not. That is why the cross
of Jesus Christ is such a roiling cauldron of chaos for Satan and the demon
world. Jesus Christ crucified is the
lightning bolt of the Father that makes the entire world twitch in horror or in
wonder. The sins of the billions
embedded within the dying body of the crucified King of Kings makes stones
shatter in wonder and the universe come unglued in the end. Are we so silly as to think God will only
deal lightly with us when He comes upon us?
"As
I looked, "thrones were set in place, and the Ancient of Days took his
seat. His clothing was as white as snow;
the hair of his head was white like wool.
His throne was flaming with fire, and its wheels were all ablaze. A river of fire was flowing, coming out from
before him. Daniel 7:9-10 NIV
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