"Would you be excited...?"

"Francis Chan is coming to Northwestern!"

This announcement in chapel brought extraordinary amounts of chatter and excitement.  And today was the day!

I got all ready and was super excited to hear him actually speak.  When I got to chapel, however, the stage was set for a worship chapel.

"Maybe they are just doing an intro for him," I told my friend.

As the time got closer, I expected someone to come and explain what was going on or something, but nothing happened.  Worship chapel started as it does every Friday.  There was no Francis Chan.  There was no further announcements.

As I sat in disbelief, Jesus spoke to my heart.

"Is Francis Chan more exciting than me?"

After all, it is a chapel dedicated to worshiping Jesus.

"Would you be as excited if you heard I was coming to speak in chapel?"

The question hit me in a way it never has before. I get so excited to hear the Word preached and to fill my brain with more information about God and his amazing power and love and awesomeness!  But when it comes down to it, do I truly love God more?

In worship chapels I have the opportunity to dine with and worship the King of Kings!!!!  I should be more excited to worship the Lord than to hear Francis Chan speak.  It is, I believe, part of loving God with my entire being.  So, what is going to be the question on my mind throughout this week?

Would I be excited if I heard Jesus was coming to Northwestern?
or maybe more practically
Do I love God more?

Isaiah 6:3 (a passage I was led to during worship)

"Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord Almighty;
the whole earth is full of his glory."
(says the angles worshipping the LORD, emphasis added)

Isaiah's response:
"'Woe to me!'...'I am ruined (unworthy)'...[but] 'Here am I. Send me!" (6:5, 8b)

That is my prayer.
Praise the LORD!