Habakkuk 3:17-19
(17) Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:
(18) Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
(19) The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places.
Worship: God's Awesomeness
Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God!
How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!
--Romans 11:33
Webster's Unabridged Dictionary lists 550,000 words. And it is a
solemn and beautiful thought that in our worship of God there
sometimes rush up from the depths of our souls feelings that all
this wealth of words is not sufficient to express. To be articulate
at certain times we are compelled to fall back upon "Oh!" or "O!"--a
primitive exclamatory sound that is hardly a word at all and that
scarcely admits of a definition.
Vocabularies are formed by many minds over long periods and are
capable of expressing whatever the mind is capable of entertaining.
But when the heart, on its knees, moves into the awesome Presence
and hears with fear and wonder things not lawful to utter, then the
mind falls flat, and words, previously its faithful servants,
become weak and totally incapable of telling what the heart hears
and sees. In that awful moment the worshiper can only cry "Oh!" And
that simple exclamation becomes more eloquent than learned speech
and, I have no doubt, is dearer to God than any oratory.---Born
After Midnight, 84-85.
No comments:
Post a Comment