Saturday March 2, 2024
Revelation 4:8
“Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”
Have you visited the Grand Canyon? When you stand on the rim, peering down into that immense chasm with its vast width and dizzying depths, it’s easy to be awestruck. There’s an overwhelming sense of majesty and downright terror that you feel while standing on the edge—especially if you’re afraid of heights. The fear of God is like that. It isn’t an unhealthy fear but an overwhelming sense of the sheer greatness of God Himself.
Touring the Grand Canyon doesn’t diminish our sense of awe; it increases it. In the same way, having a personal relationship with God through Jesus Christ doesn’t lessen our fear of God; it enhances it.
The angels in heaven are in God’s direct presence, and their song reflects their worship: “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).
Familiarity with the Lord never leads to careless devotion. We never “get used to” Him. The closer we draw to our Lord, the greater He becomes in our eyes. And that’s good, because “the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom” (Psalm 111:10).
In glory He is incomprehensible, in greatness unfathomable, in height inconceivable, in power incomparable, in wisdom unrivaled, in goodness inimitable, in kindness unutterable.
THEOPHILUS OF ANTIOCH
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD 