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LESSONS OF JOB
(Part 13)
AWE OF GOD
Another psalm that relates
to our theme for 2010 is Psalm 99. "O mighty king, lover of justice,
you alone have established fairness; you have created just rule in
Jacob. Exalt the Lord, our God; bow down before his footstool; holy
is God!" (Ps 99:4-5). The Almighty! Just and righteous is He.
Once again, and over and over in the psalms, we are confronted with
the awesome majesty of God. Becoming aware of such majesty should result
in reverential fear, in awe. "The Lord is king, the peoples
tremble; God is enthroned on the cherubim, the earth quakes." (Ps
99:1). For many in the world today, including Christians, God is, well,
just there. Yes He is God, but, people are no longer wide-eyed with awe.
Many attributes of God are talked about, like love, mercy and the like,
but not His majesty. People just go about their daily lives, with God in
the background, called upon mainly in times of trouble.
But our right appreciation of who God is is the foundation for
everything else. And before anything else, God is the great, awesome and
holy God (Ps 99:3).
Do we wonder then that God, in His great love for us, desires to catch
our attention? To bring us back to the right path? To lay us low so that
He can lift us high? At times then, God uses the awesome forces of
nature. These might be floods, earthquakes or the like. These do not
discriminate between rich and poor, powerful or powerless. Then we
realize our nothingness, our helplessness in the face of nature's
onslaught. Then we realize our sin, whether in being party to the
degradation of the environment (when we degrade God's creation, we
degrade God and His wonderful plan for us), or whether just losing our
focus, from God to ourselves. Then, hopefully, we realize that only God,
who controls nature, holds our well-being in His hands. In our
helplessness we discover the God of hope.
Our appropriate response to God's majesty is worship. "Exalt the
Lord, our God; bow down before his holy mountain; holy is the Lord, our
God." (Ps 99:9). When we worship, we acknowledge God for who He
truly is. We place ourselves under His care and protection. We pledge to
obey Him and live our lives for Him. We commit to proclaim Him to all
the nations.
When we worship, we encounter the merciful, just and holy God. Because
He is holy, God wants us His creatures to be holy as well. Because He
loves us, He is merciful, including punishing us for our offenses and
allowing afflictions to purify us. "O Lord, our God, .... you were
a forgiving God, though you punished their offenses." (Ps 99:8).
Because He is just, He will carry out His wonderful plan for us,
established through all eternity.
In the face of such an awesome God, in the face of the awesome forces of
nature over which we have no control, we must simply bow down in
humility, reverential fear and heartfelt worship of God. "Exalt the
Lord, our God; bow down before his footstool; holy is God."
(Ps 99:5).
God bless you all.
frank
(October 19, 2009)
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