I Am Not Impressed!!!

Here it is. The Burj Khalifa in Dubai. I have seen it quite often over the past few years as we live in Abu Dhabi which is a little over one hour away. God prompted me to take this picture of the Burj Khalifa. So I took this one awhile back while shopping in Dubai. I stood next to this building, which is the tallest building in the world,  I looked up, I stared, I gazed. I guess I thought I should be impressed. Ho-hum! I was not.

It is supposed to be so iconic, so magnificent, so awe inspiring. That is all we hear here. We hear SUPERLATIVE words all the time to describe what is going on here. Words such as BIGGEST, BEST, AWESOME, MAGNIFICENT, LUXURY, PRICELESS. This nations thrives on SUPERLATIVES to describe all this man made stuff. Yet we are not impressed. Who cares right?

Well, God does. He sent us here to teach us to NOT be impressed -  with iconic structures, Arab millionaires, luxury sport cars that cruise by us constantly on the roads, and money money money. I am not impressed. We see money, power and greed jockey for an earthly dominance in a nation that is intent on proving its superiority in the world today. I am not impressed. What does impress me? What does astound me? What do I marvel at?

I am  not impressed with anything or anyone except our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. He is the SUPERLATIVE LIVING WORD in my LIFE that  surpasses the glory that man tries to achieve in this world. There is no one like our God. I have learned that here surrounded by so many mosques. so much of Islam, so much wealth, so much reputation..........and so little life.

My faith has been challenged to grow and expand each time I hear the sound of the mosque cry out. I cry out with SUPERLATIVE statements such as "There is no God but Jehovah! Jesus you are magnificent and awesome and filled with glory and wonder!"

He is the only ONE that impresses me. I have been raised up in the desert, stripped of so much, with no reputation, no big ministry, no great wealth to discover that He is enough. My superlative God. He is enough.

Everything pales in comparison to Him and Him alone. I will never be the same after our stint in the Middle East. The desert has been good for me. Now I am ready to come out to serve my King with a SUPERLATIVE attitude of praise and worship as we are called to the nations of the earth. \

So back to the Burj Khalifa.....................when you've seen one tall building, you've seen them all. Have I said it enough? I am not impressed!