astound me

"The Lord says: 'These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is made up only of rules taught by men. Therefore once more I will astound these people with wonder upon wonder; the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish.'"

- Isaiah 29:13-14

Two things pop in my mind when I read these two verses.

1) How many times have I sang songs in church because people expected me to be there or out of obligation?

A lot.

2) Oh, wow. God's promising to do amazing things - to "astound" us. I just read a post (What Do Our Souls Eat?) about thriving on God's promises, which, coupled with faith in God, gives us hope. Hope. I don't see too much of it in anyone these days. But He promises to astound us beyond the scope of our intelligence and wisdom, which is awesome. Because usually when I am clear of the grasp of my intelligence, I take pride in my wisdom. And then I'm so full of myself. It's awesome that God's work is going to blow that all away.

I'm excited.