Beneath scattered trees
Sat the pebble
Alone, awake, deafened
By the upbeat music
The pounding rain produced
Fleet footed
Flickering lights signaled
The clashing echoes
Of shattering thunders
Marching through the forests
There they found
Pride had fled
And sat
The humble pebble
Held up by the mountain
Most who do know God, desire to know Him personally. We constantly strive to be intimately close to our father so that we can whisper and hear His whispers. We wake up early to meet Him, and climb mountains to find Him. It is good that we are searching with persistence. Almost forcefully we try our best to meet God, in our time, and on our terms. God wants us to be close; and thus, rightly so, we begin to expect, and expect, and expect. But what if while we are expecting…..we begin to forget?
God is huge. We can’t imagine how great. Picture in your head everyone in the world standing next to one another. Hah! I bet you couldn’t. Well God is so big that He created all of those people that you couldn’t picture, as well as all of the people who no longer live. The God we serve is the same God that Moses and Elijah served. He is the same God who challenges Job. Read the beginning of Job chapter 38 and let that reshape your image of the Lord.
Perhaps before we expect to meet God on a personal level, we should assimilate what a privilege it is. He doesn’t have to meet us. Maybe He would appreciate it if we occasionally acknowledge His splendor before, during, after, or while we meet Him.
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Amen.
i like your poetry, i want you to share more
"The pebble, held up by the mountain."
Awesome Mark.
why thankyou
Yeah man. I like this. I think it is easy for us to personalize Jesus so much that we forget the splendor and grandeur of God. We forget how incredible it is that He wants to meet with us. Our society has moved towards "Jesus my homeboy" and away from the fearful awe of God.
In the Bible it says to fear God. Does anyone know where that is found? What do you think it means? How do we apply that to our life?
I always thought it meant "reverence", but I haven't really thought that much about it.
Proverbs 1:7 declares, “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge…”
Deuteronomy 10:12,20-21 records, "Now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require from you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and love Him, and to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, You shall fear the LORD your God; you shall serve Him and cling to Him, and you shall swear by His name."
The word "fear" in the phrase "fear of the Lord" comes from the Hebrew word YIRAH (transliterated), and it means "to be terrified" (Jonah 1:10), "to be awe" (1 Kings 3:28), and "to have respect" (Lev. 19:3). The "fear of the Lord" is the reverence one would pay to a king because he is the majesty. But if one has offended the king and punishment is coming, that fear in the Hebrew is YARE. YARE is used in the phrase "fear the Lord" 31 times in the Old Testament. Therefore, when one sins, that person might fear God's discipline (Deut. 10:20).
woops, hit submit too early...
The phrase "fear of the Lord" appears more times in the book of Proverbs than in any other book in the NASB... so that being said, Solomon the wisest man on earth said fear the Lord, then that is what I will do...
Thats pretty crazy sam. Ive always been told that "fear the Lord" doesnt literally mean to fear. But maybe thats wrong.
What if instead of doing the right thing because its honorable, we did the right thing because we are literally scared of God?.....like peeing your pants kind of scared
well not every fear the Lord means fear him like pee your pants fear him... but I thnk its important to remember, that the same Jesus/God that was depicted as cuddling the lambs and children is the same God that went through Egypt and wiped out babies and first born. I mean imagine Tommy/Jake waking up and Jake being dead because of something GW Bush did. This the same God who suffered on the Cross for our sin. I think to fear him out of reverence is important and necessary, however to fear him because he will crush us like Kramer crushed Ukraine in Seinfeld is also a reality.
HOWEVER, we are in Christ, and we have a mediator between us and the almighty... but maybe your neighbor doesn't and maybe his neighbor doesn't. I think that is they key to the difference between the two.
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