Several mornings during the cruise, we were treated to times of devotion with R. C. Sproul, Jr., which were based on his book The Call to Wonder. I am about halfway through reading the book, and I am enjoying it immensely, because it is calling me to recapture a childlike wonderment toward God and his creation. As we grow into adulthood, we often develop an attitude of cynicism and familiarity that affects our worship and delight in our Lord. Sad, but true.
R. C. Sproul, Jr. shares the following thoughts on wonder in chapter 4:
"Wonder, in short, is a profound experience of how small I am and how big God is. This is different from a deep knowledge of the difference between us and God. The distinction is subtle, but it is important. . .God is unchangeably infinite in His being. We all also know in our minds that we are small. The trouble is that there is often a disconnect between our heads and our hearts. Our lips say we are small, but our hearts think we are great. . .Wonder, then, isn't merely the knowledge that God is great and we are small. It is instead the joyous embracing of this truth. It is curiosity about this great gap, seeing it not as something to resent but something to celebrate, to play in" (pp. 56 -57).
"It would be enough that God should be so big and we so small. The display of His glory in the universe is enough to make us stay young until we are old. There is enough magic to keep us giggling and asking for more. The greatest wonder, however, is that the one who performs all these incredible feats is our Father who knows us and who loves us. The great and spectacular display of His glory isn't something that we just happened upon, as if we were walking home after a hard day at school and heard the sounds of a circus parade down Main Street. What we discover is this: all the magic, all the power, all the glory rests in the hands of our Father, the one who has adopted us into His family" (p. 61).
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