The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, and majestic in his radiant splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him today and what came to my heart and mind in Psalm 65:2,
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"You who answer prayer, to you all people will come."
While David tells the Lord that praise awaits him in Zion, where vows people had made to him "will be fulfilled", he makes this statement in verse 2., "to you all people will come." David is speaking of those who gather in Jerusalem to praise the Lord and fulfill their vows. I note he says "all people" and he causes me to think of a future reality- that a day is coming when all people everywhere will bow the knee before God and acknowledge him.
In Romans 14 Paul quotes Isaiah 45:23, "'As surely as I live,' says the Lord, 'every knee will bow before me; every tongue will acknowledge God.'" Here is how Isaiah put it in the larger context, "Turn to me and be saved, all you ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other. By myself I have sworn, my mouth has uttered in all integrity a word that will not be revoked: Before me every knee will bow; by me every tongue will swear. They will say of me, 'In the Lord alone are deliverance and strength.' All who have raged against him will come to him and be put to shame." Isaiah 45:22-24.
Of course we live in a day when it seems very few confess God - the true God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, not some hodge-podge made up notion of what some make him out to be. Many others simply deny the existence of God altogether. However, that will all change one day when all, everyone who has ever lived, will confess God for who he is and bow before him.
Paul, when speaking of the supremacy of Jesus Christ, said, "Therefore God exalted him [Jesus Christ] to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." Philippians 2:9-11
This confession of God will take place to fulfill in part something Paul wrote about to the church in Ephesus, "With all wisdom and understanding, he [God] made known to us [the Church] the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment—to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ." Ephesians 1:8-10.
The world awaits that day and it is coming. I am reminded of Revelation 5:13, "Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying: 'To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!'"
Why be on the wrong side of this when your fate is unchangeable? Embrace the Lord and join the chorus of those today who bend the knee to our God and confess him!
While David tells the Lord that praise awaits him in Zion, where vows people had made to him "will be fulfilled", he makes this statement in verse 2., "to you all people will come." David is speaking of those who gather in Jerusalem to praise the Lord and fulfill their vows. I note he says "all people" and he causes me to think of a future reality- that a day is coming when all people everywhere will bow the knee before God and acknowledge him.
In Romans 14 Paul quotes Isaiah 45:23, "'As surely as I live,' says the Lord, 'every knee will bow before me; every tongue will acknowledge God.'" Here is how Isaiah put it in the larger context, "Turn to me and be saved, all you ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other. By myself I have sworn, my mouth has uttered in all integrity a word that will not be revoked: Before me every knee will bow; by me every tongue will swear. They will say of me, 'In the Lord alone are deliverance and strength.' All who have raged against him will come to him and be put to shame." Isaiah 45:22-24.
Of course we live in a day when it seems very few confess God - the true God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, not some hodge-podge made up notion of what some make him out to be. Many others simply deny the existence of God altogether. However, that will all change one day when all, everyone who has ever lived, will confess God for who he is and bow before him.
Paul, when speaking of the supremacy of Jesus Christ, said, "Therefore God exalted him [Jesus Christ] to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." Philippians 2:9-11
This confession of God will take place to fulfill in part something Paul wrote about to the church in Ephesus, "With all wisdom and understanding, he [God] made known to us [the Church] the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment—to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ." Ephesians 1:8-10.
The world awaits that day and it is coming. I am reminded of Revelation 5:13, "Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying: 'To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!'"
Why be on the wrong side of this when your fate is unchangeable? Embrace the Lord and join the chorus of those today who bend the knee to our God and confess him!
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!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just reply and let me know.
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