“The
LORD reigns, He is clothed with majesty; The LORD has clothed and girded
Himself with strength; Indeed, the world is firmly established, it will not be
moved.” (Psalm 93:1; NASBU)
The GOD we
worship and adore is majestic. There are
many synonyms for majesty: Beauty,
comeliness, excellency, glory, glorious, goodly, grandeur, honor, magnificence,
ornament, splendor. Majesty has to do
with having an imposing form and appearance and carries with it overtones of
superior power and position. When used of
GOD it evokes a sense of amazement in the mind of the one beholding Him. Simply stated, GOD’S majesty is his
“greatness” (Vine). GOD would have us see His majesty, respond to
His majesty, and magnify him in our lives.
See
His Majesty. Moses requested to see GOD’S greatness: “Please, show me Your glory” (Exodus 33:17 – 34:7; NKJV). What Moses saw at Mount Sinai we are to
see by faith! See GOD’S greatness through the eyes of
faith! Gaze at His glory, majesty, and
dominion. Grow in the grace of seeing
Him: “I pray that the eyes of your
heart may be enlightened…” (Ephesians 1:18; NASBU). Each of us needs our own Mount Sinai
experience. Wisdom unsearchable. Purity unspotted. Years unending. Strength undaunted. Love immeasurable. Glimpses of the majesty of GOD!
Respond
to His Majesty. “So Moses made haste and bowed his head toward
the earth, and worshiped” (Exodus 34:8; NKJV). The proper response to GOD’S greatness is
worship! To worship is to prostrate
oneself (literally or figuratively) in reverence to the great I AM. The externals (reading, prayer, singing, the Lord’s supper, giving, and preaching) are
important, but our hearts must be engaged in order for GOD to be glorified! In worship, GOD longs for you to
turn to Him “with all your heart.
So rend your heart, and not your garments…” (Joel 2:12-13; NKJV).
Magnify
Him in My Life. To magnify is to make great, to enlarge (Vine). GOD is great; but is He great in your
life? Have you made these words your own:
“…in nothing I
shall be ashamed, but with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ will
be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death” (Philippians 1:20;
NKJV)? Magnifying GOD in every aspect of
your life glorifies GOD!
The GOD we worship and adore is
worthy of our praise because His is majestic!
See His majesty. Respond to His
majesty. Magnify Him in your life. He is worthy.
“…to the only God our Savior,
through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty,
dominion and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.” (Jude 25; NASBU)
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