Driving home from church this evening on a cold starry night I saw my first ever shooting star.  It was bright green in colour and moved from East to West as I drove northward.  This sight was a great reminder of the opening verse of Psalm 19, “The heavens proclaim the glory of God.  The skies display His craftsmanship.”

One of the key messages of our meeting this evening was the importance of pressing into God.  God respects our free will.  If I go to church primarily to meet others, or because that’s what I do on a Thursday, or because I’m looking for a reason to get out of the house then God isn’t going to force His presence on me.   However if I go to seek first the Kingdom of God, desiring to come into His presence through praise, worship and thanksgiving, then God will see the desire of my heart and be in a position to reveal more of Himself to me.

I believe that through pressing in tonight God chose to reveal some of His wondrous glory through the shooting star.

Psalm 19:14 (NLT)

May the words of my mouth
and the meditation of my heart
be pleasing to you,
O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.