Worshipping in the Study

I have been really blessed this year to have read a couple of books by Prof Macleod - he is a master theologian, inspirational preacher and wonderful writer. Below is just one quote from his book Behold Your God (1990)...

On the self-revelation of God

One other fact connected with the revelation of Exodus 3:1-18 ought not to be ignored. Moses’ immediate reaction when he sees the burning bush is to say, ‘I will now turn aside and see this great sight.’ This resolution is deliberately opposed by God: ‘Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground,’ God is not simply a great sight, the object of speculative curiosity. The revelation of his glory and the whole theological process which legitimately follows from it is holy ground. We cannot stand as superiors over God or His Word. We may not coldly or detachedly analyse and collate the self-revealing deeds and utterances of Jehovah. We may not theologise without emotion and commitment. The doctrine must thrill and exhilarate. It must humble and cast down. Our researches must be punctuated with frequent cries of, ‘Oh the depth!’ and even periodically abandoned so that the pent-up emotions of our hearts may find relief in expressions of wonder, love and praise. Theology has lost its way, and, indeed its very soul, if it cannot say with John, “I fell at his feet as dead’ (Rev 1:17). (p39 - italics mine))