Distance Devotions – May 1, 2020
Habakkuk 2; Psalm 4 – Awestruck with God
Habakkuk 2:20 But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
Psalm 4:4 Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
John MacArthur wrote a book entitled, Alone With God, on the first page, he asked this question: Alone with God, what do I say? That conveys the thought I am trying to make today. We should be in absolute awe of the majesty of our great God. The very fact that He is interested in our worship astounds me. At our best, we are imperfect beings, Paul describes us: “…sin that dwelleth in me. 18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. 19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.” Yet our God is still interested in hearing from us. He wants and is open to our worship as it is the best thing for His creatures to do.
Most of us have been out of church for six weeks or so. For some of us, perhaps a bit longer. Soon, in fact for FBC-Atoka we will begin May 3rd, we will join once again in congregational worship of the God of Heaven. The deep seated hunger in the Lord’s people to meet, not just for the social aspects, but in order to hear God praised in song and to join the saints in magnifying Him cannot be satisfied any other way. We will take precautions and work at this thing called “social distancing” in order that we may with joy and gladness sit in His presence.
We will never be on the same level with the Supreme Deity, but we are His children. We belong with Him now and in eternity. He is our Creator and we are His creatures. Jesus is God in flesh, very God of very God as the creed says. We are not that and never will be, yet we are His and our worship is directed at honoring the King of Kings. It is good practice for what will happen in eternity. Revelation 19:6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. 7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. 8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. We who are to be a part of this glad congregation in glory should practice for it now by worshipping Him. I’ll see you soon when we meet in the building the Lord gave us. And, if by the will of God, some of us pass on before returning to church, I’ll see you in the sweet bye and bye!
Pastor F. J. Weems III