Daily Bible Reading - kindly provided by Premier and the Bible Society
Do have a look at the
Premier Daily Bible reading below. It is really so good.
Since we are receiving a Kingdom that is unshakable, let us be thankful and please God by worshipping him with holy fear and awe. For our God is a devouring fire. Monday 10
February
Hebrews 12:28-29
It’s important that we never lose a sense of amazement that we are able to worship God at all. When Isaiah entered the temple after the death of King Uzziah (recorded in Isaiah 6) he was completely overwhelmed by the experience. As he saw the holiness of God, he recognised how unholy he was and how unholy his society was. When we worship God, whether quietly by ourselves or in a church service, we should never rush unthinkingly into his presence or think that it is a small matter that we are worshipping the God of creation. In our verses today the writer encourages his readers to worship God with holy fear and awe. Yes, God loves us more completely than we have ever been loved before, but he is also a devouring fire. He is absolutely holy and anything that is not holy is burned up in his presence.
We can approach God with great confidence, but that must never lead us to take the privilege for granted. While he is our friend, we must never lose that sense of God being infinitely greater than us and absolutely holy. Our God is awesome, which means that when we worship him we will sometimes feel overwhelmed by his presence.
As we looked at in January, creation will often help us as we think of the awesomeness of God. Gaze into the night sky and it is possible to see between 2,000 and 3,000 stars on a clear night. That’s great but you need to remind yourself that our galaxy is composed of between 100 and 400 billion stars. That’s our home! Then, as mentioned previously, there are more than 200 billion galaxies in total. My brain is not able to cope with these gigantic numbers but I can go: “Wow!” and acknowledge that God is absolutely awesome. He is surely worthy of the very best that we can bring to him in our worship.
QUESTION
What comes into your mind when you think of the awesomeness of God?
PRAYER
Almighty God, help us to learn more of what it means to worship you with holy fear and awe. Amen
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE.....
Be Still and Know Devotional podcast
Bring some Spirit-filled peace into your hectic schedule with the Be still & know podcast released every morning.
Be still & know podcastBMS World Mission
At BMS World Mission we do mission differently. It’s not ‘us’ going to ‘them’, it’s partnerships growing from the ground up. We connect people in the West to the Global Church, empower communities and change lives at the margins, where Jesus Christ calls us to be.
Click to find out about doing mission differently.
===========================================================
We also use this Daily Bible Study. It is an excellent all-rounder. Please
CLICK to see a new Bible Study every day. Don't forget you have a major faith resources section on this site. You can use it to find materials or to contact churches in Strood Page or around Strood. You can find church services on holiday by changing the site Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you.