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Writer's pictureOlufunmilayo Adekusibe

AN AWESOME GOD


 

Today’s Reading:

Psalms 29:1-11

Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness”

(v.2)

 


A thunderstorm is viewed in this psalm, not as a phenomenon of impersonal nature, but as an act of divine intervention. David opens the psalm by a call for praise to the Lord (verse 1-2). He next describes the Lord’s power in a storm: first over the sea (verses 3-4), then over Lebanon (verses 5-6), and finally over the wilderness (verses 7-9). The concluding verses of the psalm appropriately express the application of God’s power to His people (verses 10-11).


We know that mere man cannot really give God anything except our prayers and praises. God really does not need us, we need Him. He loves us and wants us, but it is not necessary for His existence. On the other hand, our entire existence depends upon God. The mighty mentioned here are probably men who have attained world fame. The famous of this world must give thanks and praise to God the same as everyone else. I am what I am, because God made me what I am. We see in this first verse, that God deserves all the glory and all the praise and He is the “All Powerful” One. We may offer our bodies in sacrifice to Him, but it strengthens Him not at all. The Creator has power over His creation "Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness": The Lord is only to be worshipped, and not any creature, angels or men. Not Jehovah the Father only, who is to be worshipped in spirit and in truth; but the Son of God, and the Holy Ghost also, being of the same nature, and possessed of the same perfections. And that with both internal and external worship; and in true holiness, in which there is a real beauty. Holiness is the beauty of God himself; he is glorious in it. It is the beauty of saints, it is what makes them like unto Christ, and by which they are partakers of the divine nature. And in the exercise of holy graces, and in the discharge of holy duties, should they worship the Lord.


Holiness in anyone is beautiful. We know when the High Priest was in the sanctuary, he had 2 garments to wear. When he presented God to the people, He wore the beautiful garment with the breastplate of jewels. When he presented the people to God in the Most Holy Place, he wore linen with no ornaments at all. This tells me that God offers it all to us. We have nothing to offer Him, but ourselves washed in the blood of the Lamb. Our righteousness is the linen garment that Jesus gave us in exchange for our sins. This linen garment that the Christian wears is snow white, because it has been washed in the blood of the Lamb.


Revelation 7:14 "And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb."


All glory is due Him. I love the song: TO GOD BE THE GLORY.

OWOLABI SUNDAY


Prayer:

  1. Father, I recognise and accept that you are the Lord of Lords, in Jesus name.

  2. O Lord surrender everything that will not make to worship you always, in Jesus name.

  3. Father let me be able to use everything you have given to me to worship including my work, in Jesus name.

  4. O Lord restore my soul for I recognised your mightiness and power over creation, in Jesus name.

  5. Father, give strength, peace and blessing to us in Nigeria, in Jesus name.

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