Day 4ish

Please forgive my tardiness in writing ...

"Second, although God is holy and therefore transcendent, he is not remote. The infinite loftiness of God, implied by the reference to his holiness, does not entail his aloofness."

What a great truth this is! Our God who is supremely Holy, Holy, Holy, and so high above, is at the same time transcendent. He is WITH us! Every moment of the day, He does not come and go and go and come. He dwells with us, we are now the temple of the Holy Spirit. This should cause us to tremble and shake with reverent fear and praise. We are not our own (1 Cor. 6:19), when looked at by God He sees the righteousness of Christ and His perfect life of obedience. It does not get better than that! But at times our worship and praise can become so dull and apathetic. When that happens we are not having a proper fear of the Lord or true gratefulness.

"You who fear the Lord, praise him! All you offspring of Jacob, glorify him, and stand in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel!" Ps. 22:23

That is a command, to praise and stand in awe of Him. I pray that we would not become complacent or take for granted this gift. Our praise is Perfected by Christ, we have nothing to offer, but we have every reason to worship the One who is WORTHY! of our praise.