No eye has seen, nor ear has heard, and no mind has imagined the things that God has prepared for those who love Him.  I Corinthians 2:9

Heaven and earth are meant to connect.

• In the Garden, there was a constant connection.  God walked on the earth with Adam. 
• In the Tabernacle, the God of the universe made His home in the holy of holies. It was an Old Testament incarnation.
• When Jesus came, it was a New Testament incarnation.

This connection did not end with Jesus’ ascension. We don’t need to mourn to see our God. He is not absent. He is at home in the hearts of everyone who has been adopted into His family. We are His tabernacles, and we connect ‘spirit to Spirit.’ 

God is speaking, but deaf ears don’t hear. God is shifting circumstances and fulfilling His purposes, but those insensitive to spiritual things can’t see it. Most of the world is deprived of the wonder.

Wonder and worship are what our Creator envisioned when He dreamed of us. That’s why Jesus wept for Jerusalem. He even expressed His sorrow. “If you, even you, had only known what would bring you peace on this day—but it is hidden from your eyes. You did not recognize the time of God’s coming to you.”

As Jesus sits at the Father’s right hand to pray for you and me today, perhaps He laments that we don’t always recognize Him when He comes and know His voice when He speaks.  We need not miss any holy moment. 

Jesus, make the things of heaven more real to me than tangible things. Grow my spirit so it moves and breathes with Yours. Help my connection with You resemble Your close relationship with Your Father when You lived here. Heal any spiritual dullness, deafness, and blindness. Amen.