Living in AWE of God.
Webster’s definition of Awe is a complex emotion characterized by a deep blend of wonder, admiration, and respect, often combined with a touch of reverence. It is typically triggered when encountering something overwhelmingly vast, powerful, beautiful, or mysterious that challenges your understanding of the world.
Living in awe of God means holding deep, reverent respect for His greatness. It is a posture of humility and wonder that transforms how we live, worship, and interact with the world around us. It makes you feel small in the presence of greatness, leading to a sense of connection to something larger than yourself. It is a deep, humbling acknowledgment of God’s supreme holiness, majesty, and power, which inspires worship, obedience.
“Frankly, I stand amazed at the unfathomable complexity of God’s wisdom and God’s knowledge. How could man ever understand his reasons for action, or explain his methods of working? For: ‘Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has become his counsellor?’ ‘Or who has first given to him and it shall be repaid to him?”. Romans 11:33 JB Phillips New Testament
“Have you ever come on anything quite like this extravagant generosity of God, this deep, deep wisdom? It’s way over our heads. We’ll never figure it out. Is there anyone around who can explain God? Anyone smart enough to tell him what to do? Anyone who has done him such a huge favor that God has to ask his advice? Everything comes from him; Everything happens through him; Everything ends up in him. Always glory! Always praise! Yes. Yes. Yes”. Romans 11:33 The Message
I remember as a young boy my family was traveling, and we stopped at the Grand Canyon. I still remember the feeling of “Awe” when we walked up to the edge of the Grand Canyon on the south rim lookout. There were no words to describe what my eyes saw and the vastness my senses felt. Yes, you can feel the Grand Canyon.
The only other time I approached this sense of Awe was the first time I saw my wife, Donna. There were no words to describe the radiant beauty that was walking toward me. I was even in greater Awe when she said Hi to me. I did not have any words to respond.
Yet, all this awesomeness is pale when compared to what I experience daily from God. When I walk through the Garden and take in the vastness of colors, shapes, textures and scents. When I look up at night and see the milky way, the stars and planets all moving in the path that God has put them in.
When I see the face of complete Joy or happiness on one of my grandsons faces when they experience something new to them. When I stop to contemplate that through Donna and I, God brought into this world three awesome Children and so far, eight grandsons.
David Platt serves as a lead pastor of the Mclean Bible Church. He has written some mighty books that have affected how I live my daily life. The one that affected me the most is “Radical, Taking back your faith from the American Dream”.
This is a prayer that he suggests we pray every day.
God, we bow our heads, our hearts, before you. Even on our knees right now, just saying, you are greater that we can fathom. Forgive me for oftentimes being so quick to speak, and not stopping and pausing and realizing who I’m talking to when I’m praying, not realizing, or just forgetting, the wonder of the One whose Word I’m reading. God, we praise You. We stand in awe of who You are. You are unsearchable, Your ways inscrutable, the depths of Your riches, wisdom, and knowledge unimaginable. We can’t even begin to comprehend Your greatness, Your glory, Your might, Your majesty, Your justice, Your wrath, Your mercy, Your love. All of these attributes in You are beyond our broadest, widest imagination. God, we worship You. We bow before You in awe of who You are, and we pray to help us to live in fear of You, in reverence before You. Help us to live every facet of our lives just in awe of You. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.
Today, ask the Holy Spirit to grow inside you the reverence of the Awesomeness of God.
Remember it is not a religion, it is a relationship.
Prayers and Love for All.
Larry
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