majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of
him in Psalm 99:1-3,
"The Lord reigns, let the nations tremble; he sits enthroned between
the cherubim, let the earth shake. Great is the Lord in Zion; he is
exalted over all the nations. Let them praise your great and awesome
name- he is holy."
I have to confess that at times my perspective of the Lord just might
be a little too much on the "lovey-dovey"/personal side of things.
Please don't misunderstand me, I recognize that the Lord desires a
personal relationship with each of his children. He has expressed a
love for us that transcends even the love our parents have had for us.
He wants to cultivate an intimate relationship with each of us and
seeks to bring that about. Paul calls him our "Abba" Father, a term
indicating a relationship of father and child.
But there is another aspect of the Lord that strikes me in passages
such as this that brings a more balanced perspective in my view of the
Lord. "The Lord reigns, let the nations tremble; he sits enthroned
between the cherubim, let the earth shake." Our Lord is fearsome! Not
to be trifled with! The Lord is our transcendent God who radiates a
splendor of glory that reflects his majesty! He is our sovereign God
who is all-powerful and all-knowing! He exists in a blinding
brilliance of pristine qualities! He has his own agenda and all that
he wishes comes to pass without fail. There is no opponent he faces
that presents even a modicum of challenge for him. He uses his enemies
for his purposes in ways that are unwitting to them.
Isaiah had a vision of this perspective of the Lord, Isaiah 6:1-5, "I
saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted, and the train of
his robe filled the temple. Above him were seraphs, each with six
wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered
their feet, and with two they were flying. And they were calling to
one another:
'Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty;
the whole earth is full of his glory.'
At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and
the temple was filled with smoke. 'Woe to me!' I cried. 'I am ruined!
For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean
lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.'"
As the psalmist says in verse 9, "Exalt the Lord our God and worship
at his holy mountain, for the Lord our God is holy."
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share
your thoughts of worship with us from your Bible reading today. We'd
love to hear from you!
Trevor Fisk
trevor.fisk@gmail.com
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