eternal worship

p.59 of the text has a line that reads: worship on earth is a prelude to glory when all the saints will be gathered together and will join the heavenly hosts in paradise to praise and serve God forever.

and earlier on p.57 it indicates that worship satisfies four basic senses of the human spirit, the first listed is the intellectual sense.

i was delighted to consider that the intellect is a sense of the human spirit. when i read the words it wasn't like it was a new idea to me per se, but rather one worded in a way that hit home. i found myself nodding my head in agreement at it.

if the spirit in us lives on even after our physical death, then the senses of the spirit must live on. and if the intellect is a sense of the spirit, then our intellect will live on. hmh! and if the worship here on earth satisfies the sense of the intellect, and this is but a mere taste of what worship will be like for all eternity, then our intellect will be a part of our eternal worship.

i rather like that idea.

i'm by no means a scholar, but i just love that God has given us an intellect. and i love when i hear something witty or read something clever. i have an appreciation for how people use their intellect creatively - a fascination i probably inherited from my parents, both of whom were smarter than i could ever hope to be.

it delights me to think i will get to share that love, that fascination, and get to use whatever intellect God has designed in me, with my parents and for all time, in worship of our holy LORD of glory!