Our Magnificent Lord! - Ruminating in the Word of God

The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my heart and mind in 1 Chronicles 16:27,

"Splendor and majesty are before him [the Lord]; strength and joy are in his dwelling place."

I love this verse! What an observation David makes here of the Lord! This verse is a part of the praise David appointed for Asaph and his worship team. Splendor, majesty, strength and joy!

Here is how Merriam-Webster defines these terms:

Splendor: "Great brightness or luster, brilliancy, magnificence and pomp." Synonyms include: grandeur, nobility, resplendence, splendidness, stateliness.

Majesty: "Sovereign power, authority or dignity. Royal bearing or aspect: grandeur." Synonyms include: augustness, kingliness, royalty, stateliness.

Power: "The quality or state of being strong. Capacity for exertion or endurance. Power to resist force: solidity, toughness. Power of resisting attack: impregnability." Synonyms include: energy, firepower, force, might, muscle, potence, vigor.

Joy: "The emotion evoked by well-being, success, or good fortune, or by the prospect of possessing what one desires: delight. A state of happiness or felicity: bliss. A source or cause of delight." Synonyms include: blessedness, bliss, gladness, happiness"

Such is the nature of God's neighborhood! Such is the way it is near him and in his presence! All because these are the observable realities surrounding our magnificent Lord!

Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!

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