“The Lord reigns, let the earth rejoice; let the many coastlands be glad! Clouds and thick darkness are all around him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne. Fire goes before him and burns up his adversaries all around. His lightnings light up the world; the earth sees and trembles. The mountains melt like wax before the Lord, before the Lord of all the earth.” (ESV – Read the chapter)
We work very hard to make the Lord relatable for people. We talk about Jesus and how God wants to be our friend. We delight in His coming near and giving us the gift of His presence. All of this is right and good and true.
But, we cannot forget along the way that God is also holy. He is mighty. He is powerful beyond our imagination. He is glorious, and not in the loudly-singing-angels kind of way. He is glorious in the shine-you-out-of-existence kind of way. His glory is fearsome and terrible. Were we to behold it we would come to an end. Read the rest…
The Nexus 