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 99:1-3,
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"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."
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 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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