Stand In Awe 1 Samuel 12:16-18 Job 25:2 Jeremiah 2:19 Isaiah 40:25-31 Jeremiah 33:8-9 Habakkuk 3:1-2 Malachi 2:4-6 Matthew 9:3-8 Luke 7:14-17 Hebrews 12:28 07.17.20

STAND IN AWE

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¹⁶ “Now then, stand still and see this great thing the LORD is about to do before your eyes! ¹⁷ Is it not wheat harvest now? I will call upon the LORD to send thunder and rain. And you will realize what an evil thing you did in the eyes of the LORD when you asked for a king.” ¹⁸ Then Samuel called upon the LORD, and that same day the LORD sent thunder and rain. So all the people stood in awe of the LORD and of Samuel.   1 Samuel 12:16-18 (NIV)

² “Dominion and awe belong to God; he establishes order in the heights of heaven. ³ Can his forces be numbered?  Upon whom does his light not rise?  Job 25:2-3 (NIV)

¹⁹ “Your wickedness will punish you; your backsliding will rebuke you.  Consider then and realize how evil and bitter it is for you when you forsake the LORD your God and have no awe of me,” declares the Lord, the LORD Almighty.   Jeremiah 2:19 (NIV)

²⁵ “To whom will you compare me?  Or who is my equal?” says the Holy One.  ²⁶ Lift your eyes and look to the heavens:  Who created all these?  He who brings out the starry host one by one, and calls them each by name. Because of his great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.  ²⁷ Why do you say, O Jacob, and complain, O Israel, ‘My way is hidden from the LORD; my cause is disregarded by my God’?  ²⁸ Do you not know? Have you not heard?  The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. ²⁹ He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. ³⁰ Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; ³¹ but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.  Isaiah 40:25-31 (NIV)

⁸ “I will cleanse them from all the sin they have committed against me and will forgive all their sins of rebellion against me. ⁹ Then this city will bring me renown, joy, praise and honor before all nations on earth that hear of all the good things I do for it; and they will be in awe and will tremble at the abundant prosperity and peace I provide for it.”  Jeremiah 33:8-9 (NIV)

¹ A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet. On shigionoth.  ² 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.  Habakkuk 3:1-2 (NIV)

⁴ “And you will know that I have sent you this admonition so that my covenant with Levi may continue,” says the LORD Almighty. ⁵ “My covenant was with him, a covenant of life and peace, and I gave them to him; this called for reverence and he revered me and stood in awe of my name. ⁶ True instruction was in his mouth and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many from sin.  Malachi 2:4-6 (NIV)

³ At this, some of the teachers of the law said to themselves, “This fellow is blaspheming!”  ⁴ Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said, “Why do you entertain evil thoughts in your hearts? ⁵ Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’? ⁶ But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins....” Then he said to the paralytic, “Get up, take your mat and go home.” ⁷ And the man got up and went home. ⁸ When the crowd saw this, they were filled with awe; and they praised God, who had given such authority to men.  Matthew 9:3-8 (NIV)

¹⁴ Then he went up and touched the coffin, and those carrying it stood still. He said, “Young man, I say to you, get up!” ¹⁵ The dead man sat up and began to talk, and Jesus gave him back to his mother. ¹⁶ They were all filled with awe and praised God. “A great prophet has appeared among us,” they said. “God has come to help his people.” ¹⁷ This news about Jesus spread throughout Judea and the surrounding country.   Luke 7:14-17 (NIV)

²⁸ Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, ²⁹ for our “God is a consuming fire.” Hebrews 12:28-29 (NIV)

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“The Lord’s presence is infinite, His brightness insupportable, His majesty aweful, His dominion boundless, and His sovereignty incontestable.”   Matthew Henry

“A measureless God begins to upend our sense of personal awesomeness.”   Jen Wilken 

“More spiritual progress can be made in one short moment of speechless silence in the awesome presence of God than in years of mere study.”   A.W. Tozer

“Most (if not all) encounters in Scripture with God (or even His angels) and man have left men jaw dropping and prostrate.  When sinful flesh encounters total purity the normal cry is ‘Woe, Woe, Woe is me’ as Isaiah stated.  God is so totally other.  There is none like Him.  None to compare.  None.  He is not our buddy, our pal, or our Santa Clause or magic Genie for that matter.  He does not exist to do our bidding – indeed, that is what we exist for.  We have flipped this to our own destruction and harm.  He is loving and good but as C. S. Lewis writes, ‘He is not safe’ when we willingly choose to walk in disobedience to His ways.  We are in dire need of a proper view of God as demonstrated perfectly in His Word.  Never neglect it.”  BHY  

“When first the life of grace begins in the soul, we do indeed draw near to God, it is with great fear and trembling.  The soul conscious of guilt, and humbled thereby, is overawed with the solemnity of its position; it is cast to the earth by a sense of the grandeur of Jehovah, in whose presence it stands.  With unfeigned bashfulness it takes the lowest room.  As the Christian grows in grace, although he will never forget the solemnity of his position, and will never lose that holy awe which must encompass a gracious man when he is in the presence of the God who can create or can destroy; yet his fear has all terror taken out of it; it becomes a holy reverence, and no more an overshadowing dread.  He is called up higher, to greater access to God in Christ Jesus….Seeing there is a God of love, of goodness, and of mercy, he will realize the covenant character of God than His absolute Deity.  He will see in God rather His goodness than His greatness, and more of His love than of His majesty…sustained  by the refreshing consciousness of being in the Presence of boundless mercy and infinite love….drawing near to Him in holy confidence, saying, ‘Abba Father’.”    Charles H. Spurgeon  

“Praising God lifts us above our trials and reminds us of how He overcomes them….Our praise reminds us of Who God is.  As we worship Him, the threats and burdens that weigh us down grow smaller and He grows bigger.  The thought of an exalted God Who is entirely on our side is an awesome inspiration….Praise is based on Who He is.  And He is Who He is all the time.” Chris Tiegreen

“One great hindrance to holiness in the ministry of the word is that we are prone to preach and write without pressing into the things we say and making them real to our own souls. Over the years words begin to come easy, and we find we can speak of mysteries without standing in awe; we can speak of purity without feeling pure; we can speak of zeal without spiritual passion; we can speak of God’s holiness without trembling; we can speak of sin without sorrow; we can speak of heaven without eagerness. And the result is an increasing hardening of the spiritual life.”  John Piper

“Some of the purest forms of worship are found not in church but in an arena or at a sporting event…..People lifting their hands, shouting with joy, staking their claim, standing in awe, declaring their allegiance.”   Louie Giglio

“Being surprised by the grace of God should be the story of everyone who has experienced the grace of God. Being continuously and constantly awed by the grace of God should be the lifestyle of every disciple of Jesus Christ.”  Michael Youssef

“From the highest of heights to the depths of the sea  Creation revealing Your majesty
From the colors of fall to the fragrance of spring  Every creature unique in the song that it sings  All exclaiming:  Indescribable, uncontainable, You placed the stars in the sky and You know them by name. You are amazing God  All powerful, untameable, Awestruck we fall to our knees as we humbly proclaim You are amazing God.  Who has told every lightning bolt where it should go  Or seen heavenly storehouses laden with snow  Who imagined the sun and gives source to its light  Yet conceals it to bring us the coolness of night  None can fathom:  Indescribable, uncontainable, You placed the stars in the sky and You know them by name.  You are amazing God  All powerful, untameable, Awestruck we fall to our knees as we humbly proclaim  You are amazing God  You are amazing God.  You see the depths of my heart and You love me the same.  You are amazing God.  You are amazing God.”  Chris Tomlin -  Laura Story

HEART SAVOR

• ·       “Our God is an awesome God is reigns from heaven above in wisdom, power and love.  Our God is an awesome God.”  Michael W. Smith  
• ·        Out God is always on the throne, never taken by surprise and totally in control of all things – no plan of His can be thwarted.
• ·        Any encounter with pure holiness leaves flawed flesh prostrate.