Saturday... On your toes, everybody!

I love to go to Starbucks. I really do. But I really like to go when some of the big wigs of the company are on their way. Everybody is doing all they can to make their particular store better. I did the same when our District Superintendent was coming to my church.

Look at Psalm 99:1-3 (MSG), "God rules. On your toes, everybody! He rules from his angel throne - take notice! God looms majestic in Zion, He towers in spendor over all the big names. Great and terrible your beauty: let everyone praise you! Holy, yes holy."

Now what if we all really did that, we got on our toes? The Amplified Bible says, "let the people tremble [with submissive wonder]!" I love that, "submissive wonder". Yes when the big wigs come we do tremble a little. We want to be at our best, to make a great impression and we need to want the same, if not more with God. He is God, He really does rule and He is holy. There is no one greater than He is and we do need to tremble.

So how would that make a difference in your day today if you realized that God was coming to where you are? Well, let me tell you, He is already here. Yes, we do need to realize that God really loves us but we also need to tremble in His presence. And we really do need to tremble with submissive wonder.

Somehow we really need to realize that He is right beside us every moment of every day. And we need to do some trembling and in that we would find that remembering that will make a whole lot of difference in our choices, in our actions, in our attitudes and in our life. Now He is there to help us, to guide us but He is also there to motivate us to doing what He wants.

Yes, "God rules. On your toes, everybody!" Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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