Far Above

The other day I was reading in Ephesians when I came across a verse that really stood out to me.

"Far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every title that can be given, not only in the present age but also in the one to come." -Ephesians 1:21

This verse is talking about Christ and the position God raised Him to after He raised Him from the dead. It hit me when I read it because I thought about the reality of that statement.
Jesus is not only far above all rule and authority this side of Heaven... But He's also seated at the right hand of His Father, far above all rule and authority even in Heaven.

If I find it hard to fathom even just the work of the angels and all things in the spiritual realm, I can't even begin to imagine how powerful my King must be to be far above all of that.

And yet so often I find myself trying to make Him level with me.
Me- an immensely sinful creature who is no bigger than an ant in comparison to God's greatness.
I try to level the One Who breathed life into being... with me.

The thought honestly made me start crying when I realized the reality of it.
There are mornings where I know I have to get up early in order to spend time with God at all before I have to start the day; and I only have a certain amount of time to spend at that.
I set my alarm and plan on spending all of that time with my Creator...
And then it goes off.
I'm tired, the world is cold, my bed is warm and comfortable, and I know I don't actually have to be out of it for another half hour or so, so I go back to sleep.
Then I have to rush through my time spent with God all because I put my comfort above my King.

There are times where I'll ask God for something, and when He gives it to me I just turn around and ask Him for something else instead of taking the time to thank Him for what He just gave me.

There are days where I choose to check my phone first thing in the morning instead of talk with Him.

It's like I just rush through day after day, expecting Him to serve me rather than acknowledging that I should be the one on my knees before Him asking how I may serve Him.

It's a sin I struggle with every day, and something that I'm very glad He's graciously revealing to my heart.
I don't want to live this way anymore.
I want to live each day of my life in complete awe of how high above me He is.
I want to soak in that reality, and rejoice in the fact that a Being THAT powerful still loves something as tiny as me.

And I want to challenge everyone reading this to live each day with that thought present as well.

Because really, I think that thought should dramatically change our lives.