Praise to the Lord for His Holiness
“The Lord reigns; let the peoples tremble! He dwells between the cherubim; let the earth be moved!
The Lord is great in Zion, and He is high above all the peoples. Let them praise Your great and awesome name—He is holy. The King’s strength also loves justice; You have established equity; You have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.
Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at His footstool—He is holy. Moses and Aaron were among His priests, and Samuel was among those who called upon His name; they called upon the Lord, and He answered them. He spoke to them in the cloudy pillar; they kept His testimonies and the ordinance He gave them. You answered them, O Lord our God; You were to them God-Who-Forgives, though You took vengeance on their deeds.
Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at His holy hill; for the Lord our God is holy.”
“The Lord reigns; let the peoples tremble! He dwells between the cherubim; let the earth be moved!
The Lord is great in Zion, and He is high above all the peoples. Let them praise Your great and awesome name—He is holy. The King’s strength also loves justice; You have established equity; You have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.” Successful rulers depend on justice and equity as foundations for their leadership. But successful rulers also realize that they too are under authority, the authority of God.
Why does God have authority? Not only has God created the universe and everything in it, but God is totally righteous and holy, all-knowing and all-powerful. When we say God is holy, we mean that God is perfect and flawless and that He is without sin.
“Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at His footstool—He is holy. Moses and Aaron were among His priests, and Samuel was among those who called upon His name; they called upon the Lord, and He answered them. He spoke to them in the cloudy pillar; they kept His testimonies and the ordinance He gave them. You answered them, O Lord our God; You were to them God-Who-Forgives, though You took vengeance on their deeds.”
These verses refer to the time when God was leading the Israelites through the wilderness. Repeatedly, the Israelites doubted God and rejected Him, rebelling against Him and worshiping all kinds of false gods. And repeatedly God spoke to the Israelites, forgiving them but also allowing them to suffer the consequences of their sins.
“Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at His holy hill; for the Lord our God is holy.” The psalmist ends by urging all his hearers to truly worship God because God is holy.
APPLICATION: Most people don’t think much about God’s holiness; but when we sin, we violate God’s holiness. We want to believe that God will look the other way when we do wrong and that He will give us a break. But a holy God cannot tolerate sin. This is why God has sent His Son Jesus to shed his blood in payment for our sins.
At Christmas we exchange presents in remembrance of the gifts the wise men brought to the Baby Jesus. But Jesus was-and is-the best Gift of all. For when we accept what Jesus has done for us and believe that Jesus has paid for our sins with his blood, we are receiving the greatest Gift anyone has ever received, the gift of eternal life.
PRAYER: Father God, thank You for loving us and for caring for us. Lord, we confess that we are sinners and that nothing we can do will pay for our sins. We thank You for sending Jesus to die on our behalf and we accept that gift of eternal life. In the mighty and precious Name of King Jesus. Amen.
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