After Adam and Eve sinned… “they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.” Genesis 3:8
When Moses met God at the burning bush, God said, “Do not come near; take your sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.” Exodus 3:5
When Isaiah met God in the Temple he said, “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!’ Isaiah 6:5
When Paul met the Lord on the road to Damascus, he was struck blind. “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me.” Acts 9:4
Have we domesticated God? Have we pulled his teeth and removed his claws? Is our God a tame, small, controllable God?
When prophets saw angels, God’s messengers, they dropped to their knees and fell on their faces intending to worship. And those angels veil their faces and cover their feet in the presence of God.
God is greater than we can conceive; he is holy, holy, holy. And he is worthy of our astonished reverence, and heartfelt adoration in worship.
“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.” Revelation 4:11
“Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing.” Revelation 5:12
And this awesome and majestic God is now our savior and friend.
Think on that when you come to worship.
Hebrews 12:28-29 Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire.