06/15/2026
Yesterday's "Note from the pastor..."
To be in awe…
“Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire.” (Hebrews 12:28-29)
We often say that we are “in awe of God.” I wonder what we mean by that? Are we in awe of him like we are a sunset or a sunrise? The word “awe” means “an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, fear, produced by that which is grand, sublime, extremely powerful, or the like.” In the book of Proverbs it says the “fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge.” (1:7)
The “fear of the Lord” is the awe that we sense when we realize God is truly powerful and grand! That realization should drive us to a humility and worship before such a mighty God. Let’s worship him for the God that he is, not the god that we tend to make him. He is worthy of all praise, all sacrifice, all attention.
Exalt the name of Christ! Spend time everyday just being still before him and ponder his greatness!