Psalm 33:8<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cLet all the earth fear the\u00a0Lord;\u00a0Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.\u201d Most people read just to say they read their Bible. How many take the time to understand what they read? There are two parts to this verse: the first relates to the earth, the second to the inhabitants. Eight times in the first chapter of Genesis, we read, \u201cGod said\u201d, and it happened. Does the earth fear the Lord? In Exodus 14:21, we read, \u201c<\/sup>Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the\u00a0Lord caused the sea to go\u00a0back<\/em> by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea into dry\u00a0land,<\/em> and the waters were divided.\u201d Psalm 97:5 tells us, \u201cThe mountains melt like wax at the presence of the\u00a0Lord, At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.\u201d And in Mark 4:41b \u201cWho can this be, that even the wind and the sea obey Him!\u201d If the earth fears the Lord, don\u2019t you think we should? I\u2019m not just talking about proper reverence and obedience; I am also talking about the wrath of God that will come on those who are disobedient. Now comes the tough part, standing in awe of Him. Before answering yes, let’s look at the Hebrew definition of the word \u201cawe\u201d, \u201cto\u00a0turn<\/em> aside from the road\u201d, have you fully turned aside from the road you used to travel, or still going back on it? Miriam Webster puts it this way, \u201can emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority. Does the authority of God inspire you into emotional wonder and dread? We sing \u201cI stand, I stand in awe of You, Holy God to whom all praise is due, I stand in awe of You! Do you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Psalm 33:8 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cLet all the earth fear the\u00a0Lord;\u00a0Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.\u201d Most people read just to say they read their Bible. How many take the time to understand what they read? There are two parts to this verse: the first relates to the earth, the second […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gettingcloserwithgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gettingcloserwithgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gettingcloserwithgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingcloserwithgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingcloserwithgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=641"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gettingcloserwithgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":642,"href":"https:\/\/gettingcloserwithgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641\/revisions\/642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gettingcloserwithgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingcloserwithgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingcloserwithgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}