Our God is an Awesome God

Habakkuk 3:1-10

"LORD, I have heard of Your fame; I stand in awe of Your deeds, O LORD. Renew them in our day, in our time make them known; in wrath remember mercy. God came from Teman, the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His glory covered the heavens and his praise filled the earth. His splendor was like the sunrise; rays flashed from his hand, where his power was hidden. Plague went before Him; pestilence followed his steps. He stood, and shook the earth; He looked, and made the nations tremble. The ancient mountains crumbled and the age-old hills collapsed. His ways are eternal. I saw the tents of Cushan in distress, the dwellings of Midian in anguish. Were You angry with the rivers, O LORD? Was your wrath against the streams? Did You rage against the sea when You rode with your horses and Your victorious chariots? You uncovered your bow, You called for many arrows. Selah: You split the earth with rivers; the mountains saw You and writhed. Torrents of water swept by; the deep roared and lifted its waves on high."

We worship an awesome God: One who breathed out galaxies and the universe(s) into existence. If only we are constantly aware of the enormousness of the God we serve, then just maybe, we will see life in another light and we will respond differently to even our most pressing concerns, as Habakkuk here realizes as he seems to have turned around from his most heartfelt quest for understanding his current living conditions. And yet God is even more immensely amazing in His lovingkindness to relate to us here in this tiny, "pale blue dot".

Job 26:7-12

"He spreads out the northern skies over empty space; He suspends the earth over nothing. He wraps up the waters in his clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their weight. He covers the face of the full moon, spreading his clouds over it. He marks out the horizon on the face of the waters for a boundary between light and darkness. The pillars of the heavens quake, aghast at his rebuke. By his power he churned up the sea..."

~28.08.2013