“All bare Him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded
out of His mouth.”
Luke 4:22
“When the multitudes saw it,
they marveled, and glorified God.”
Matt. 9:8
Not long ago, I had the opportunity to speak from God’s Word to eleven teenage girls. When we finished, Jessie spoke up with wonder in her voice. “Wow, Jesus is awesome.”
Later, I pondered what it was that made a teenage girl marvel. After all, only humans marvel at things. When was the last time you saw an animal marvel at sunsets, metaphors, or symphonies?
But then again, how long has it been since the teenagers around you have marveled at the Lord Jesus? I decided that it was simply observation that brought out the wonder in Jessie’s voice. We had read and talked about Jesus in the gospels, much like the multitudes who saw and marveled. Observation of a sunset makes us marvel, and observation of the Lord Jesus in the Word of God makes us say things like, “Wow, Jesus is awesome.”
If we don’t take the time to read through the gospels, we’ll come up short in our wondering at the gracious words which came out of His mouth. If we skip over the Psalms, we will not be able to marvel at the Lord Jesus’ deep feelings revealed there. If we neglect the epistles, we miss the opportunity to observe and wonder at the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure.
So as you look into the Word of God with your children, see if they can spot things that make them marvel. Ask them to find something in the chapter that they admire about Jesus. It won’t be long before you’ll hear one of them say, “Jesus is awesome.”