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Thursday... He really is.


Thursday... He really is, Yes, He is.

Psalm 47:1 & 2 (NIV) says, "Clap your hands, all you nations; shout to God with cries of joy. For the Lord Most High is awesome; the great King over all the earth." 

Yes He is. He is awesome. His love is awesome. His compassion is awesome. His wisdom is awesome. His patience is awesome. His power is awesome. His plan is awesome. His knowledge is awesome. His understanding is awesome.

No wonder we want to make some noise and clap our hands and shout with cries of joy. "For the Lord Most High is awesome; the great King over all the earth." And we can and need to have a relationship with Him.

The Amplified Bible says, "O clap your hands, all you people; Shout to God with the voice of triumph and songs of joy. For the Lord Most High is to be feared [and worshiped with awe-inspired reverence and obedience]; He is a great king over all the earth."

Now the King James Version says, ""O clap your hands; all you people; Shout unto God with the voice of triumph." Yes, we are in a battle. "For the Lord most high is terrible." Now that is a different way to say it. Yes, he can be terrible. Yes He must be feared. That is a description that we need to see. We can serve Him out of love but we must also fear Him because we are in a battle with the Evil One and we need Him to be terrible and also to be awesome.

The New King James Version says, "For the Lord Most High is awesome. He is a great King over all the earth." Now the Amplified Bible brings them together. It says, "For the Lord Most High is to be feared [and worshiped with awe-inspired reverence and obedience]." And maybe we need to come back to fearing God and to worship Him with awe-inspired reverence and obedience because He can be terrible and we need Him to be awesome and terrible because of the battle we are in with the Evil One.  

Yes we need to shout to Him with cries of joy and with the voice of triumph and worshiped Him with awe-inspired reverence and obedience. Because He is awesome and He can be terrible. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning


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