I believe God intended we should be able to rise up above the drudgery of making a living and the tyranny of material things that rob us of walking in wonder with God as we build a life worthy of being from him.
Jesus came to earth to lift us not only out of our sinfulness and guilt but to life us up to a high and noble level of spiritual living to walk in the wonder of his love, goodness and grace.
A man who had been crippled from birth sat at the gate of the temple which was called Beautiful hoping some compassionate worshippers would give him a few small coins to meet his physical needs. One day Peter and John came along, and Peter, fastening his eyes upon him, said, "Silver and gold have I none, but such as I have give I unto thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk." And taking him by the right hand he lifted him up, and he entered the temple, walking and leaping and praising God. When the people saw him, they were amazed and filled with wonder and amazement. Why shouldn't they be?
Perhaps we can draw some lessons from this story. We have not been reduced to begging by physical impairment, but we may be half paralyzed spiritually by apathy and lack of vision of what we could and should be as Christians. We should be blazing new trails in Christian living, but, most of the time, we are content to walk in old paths. It is easier and more secure that way, then we wonder why the Christian life is not more exciting. As the crippled man at the temple gate, we are looking for material blessings from the Lord and do not expect (I almost said do not want) to be lifted up spiritually to the point we will be rejoicing and praising the Lord. If we want to walk in wonderment as a follower of Christ, then we must prepare ourselves spiritually to catch a new vision of service in his kingdom.
One day Isaiah went to the temple to offer his punctual prayers at the appointed hour expecting nothing to happen, but something did happen that changed his life and made him to become of God's prophets. God saw the potential in him and challenged him with a vision of his glory and majesty. At once, Isaiah saw himself as he cried out-a formal worshipper, but whose life was not what it ought to be. "Woe is me," he cried out, "For I am a man of unclean life, and I dwell among a people of unclean lips." Then a seraphim flew down and touched his lips with a live coal from the altar and said to him, "Thine iniquity is taken away and thy sin is purged." Being now prepared he prophesied for about 40 years "Walking in wonder" as God revealed the future to him. See Isaiah 6.
Perhaps we need to spend more time reading God's word, more time in prayer and more time singing God's praises. To walk in wonder with God, we may have to slow down-we can't run through the woods without missing the flowers.
We may have to turn the TV off more often and make good choices of what we watch on the Internet, for I doubt that the Lord approves much of it.
The hope of the world is a spiritual renewal of the church-every member having their spirit attuned unto God and spiritual things. Then we could walk in wonder with our Lord and be much happier.