God is Awesome

November 7, 2010

Background Scripture: Psalm 66
Lesson Passage: Psalm 66

This psalm was written by an anonymous author. Although the author is not known, the truths recorded in this psalm are universally known by God’s children. The title here says it all. God is awesome! This expression can only come from the heart of one who has been delivered by God in a time of great need. There is nothing that comes close to personal experience with God. Deliverance leads to praise. Praise comes easily for those who have had an encounter with God and he has dealt kindly with them. A testimony is birthed when the realness of God is experienced in one’s life and not just thought about or felt. When God allows us to see his works, we praise him for his works. God’s wisdom and his power are awesome. No one can do the things that God does. God acts according to his own character or nature and therefore his actions are not subject to circumstances. The fact that a holy God interacts with man—who has a sinful nature—is incomprehensible. God’s dealings with man are awesome. Today, all do not know him but one day all will know him and acknowledge him for his holiness. His power is irresistible; every knee shall bow to him and every tongue shall confess that Jesus is Lord to the glory of God. Nature has already succumbed to God’s divine power. His power over nature is awesome. He dried up the Red Sea and the Jordan River. Although this may have occurred many years before the psalmist wrote about it, yet the very nature of these actions are testimonies worth repeating to encourage future generations. It is a reminder that there are no barriers in this life that can resist God’s power to overcome and subdue. God’s knowledge and wisdom are to be praised. His all-seeing eye beholds everything without limit in regard to time or space. Yesterday and tomorrow are as clear to God as right now. His omniscience is awesome. He is aware of all of the affairs of man throughout the nations. David, in one of his psalms, declared that there is nowhere one can go to escape God’s presence. Man appears to be one of the last frontiers that will be conquered by God’s divine holiness. We think of God in reverent fear. We reverence him because of his holiness and great love towards us. Although we are mortal and our frames are made of dust, God upholds us in our time of weakness. We praise him for his ability to keep his children from falling. All of these things are known by those who are his. Although we have a collective testimony, yet our testimony of him is also deeply personal. My personal testimony of God’s dealings with me is awesome. I cannot count my blessings for they are too numerous. When I cry out to him in sincerity, he hears my cry and responds as a father to a tender young child. I am in awe that he is attentive to my prayers and responds to them when I do not cherish sin. A sinful nature is abomination towards God but he cleans us up and makes us fit to come into his holy presence. Through the blood of his only begotten Son, we come boldly before his throne of grace to render the sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving to our awesome God!

Robert C. Hudson
October 26, 2010