I had a blessed Lord's Day this past weekend. I had the privilege of playing the organ again, and do the people in Trinity ever sing!! Some Sundays their singing just blows me away. Such power and volume and praise from those lungs. Not only that, the words of the hymns were beautiful to meditate on.
It was another day of encouragement from God's Word and in the evening Carl spoke about the Majesty of God. I was drawn to those thoughts earlier Sunday afternoon, when I didn't really even know he was going to speak on that theme. He is preaching through Habakkuk in the evenings, and this week we looked at chapter 2:20. "But the Lord is in His holy temple. Let all the earth keep silence before Him." Our thoughts were directed to focus on the many attributes of God. His transcendence and omnipotence, His omnipresence and omniscience. His holiness. The "I am". I didn't write down who this particular term came from, but Carl read from someone who spoke about God as the "Being" one. I like that...the "Being" one. God always has been and always will be. He is always the same. He never changes. Awesome thoughts.
We thought about how God is completely present wherever He is. All that He is, is everywhere, where God is. He is the high and lofty one. We thought about Jesus being at the right hand of God, in Majesty. How man makes plans but the Lord directs his steps and our times are in His hands.
I have to confess that often my thoughts of God are too small. The more I think about Him, the smaller I feel and the more I realize I don't know much about Him. There's so much to learn. The older I get, it seems the less I know...
It was wonderful to think about how certain words in scripture are repeated for emphasis. Repeated so that we won't miss the point. Like when Jesus would start something by saying, "Truly, truly I say unto you..." You know the repeat is there for a very good reason. It should cause us to pay close attention to what comes next. Or it is like saying it's "Cold, cold" outside. It means it's really cold out there.
And so we contemplated that and thought about the holiness of God and the references in scripture to those who are before the throne crying out, "Holy." Not just one holy, but "Holy...Holy...Holy." God is thrice holy. So pure, without blemish, absolutely light, no darkness at all. To think that the Holy, Holy, Holy God loves......me. To think that this God in fact, lives in me with His Spirit...humbling thoughts.
Some day, we who are His children, will see Him as He is. We will see Jesus face to face. It causes me to quietly reflect, but it also fills my heart to want to cry out and sing to Him. It is cause to rejoice for what He has done, and it is also cause to trust. To trust Him...our majestic God who keeps His promises...always.
Isn't it wonderful that while we go through the ups and downs of life, we have a majestic God who is the "Being" one. He is steadfast and doesn't change. He has given us a Bible full of promises and He has promised to keep us to the end, to never leave us or forsake us, to never give us more than we can handle, and to be there with us when we go through this "vale of tears." Some day...no more tears.
We have an awesome God!
Well, on Sunday afternoon I put some of my pictures to the music of one of Chris Tomlin's beautiful praise songs, "Majesty of Heaven." I hope you enjoy the video and glorify God for what He has done for us. I pray the words will touch your heart. He's given us these things to enjoy...so give Him the glory.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QWBR5ti1Gk
