| “You shall not be terrified of them; for the LORD your God, the great and awesome God, is among you.” – Deuteronomy 7:21 |
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| OUR GOD IS A GREAT AND AWESOME GOD!! GREAT and AWESOME are two extraordinary descriptive words for our God. Here they are used to reveal to His people what He can do as they face enemies as they go into the Promised Land. Before them would be numerous enemies with great numbers who were very powerful and would easily strike fear into their hearts. Because of this God lets them know WHO WOULD BE WITH THEM! Because of WHO He was and what He could do His people would not need to be afraid of anyone or anything. Interestingly these words are used by Nehemiah as he is leading God’s people to rebuild the wall and they are facing enemies. In Nehemiah 4:14 it says Nehemiah “looked and arose and said to the nobles and to the officials and to the rest of the people, “Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your homes.” The challenge to God’s people was very personal to Nehemiah as he himself had remembered that God was great and awesome when he began praying about needing God to rebuild Jerusalem. As he prayed he acknowledged God as great and awesome. (Nehemiah 1:5 And I said, “O LORD God of heaven, the great and awesome.”) Knowing WHO God was and what God could do strengthened Nehemiah’s faith to trust God to do the miraculous. It is ESSENTIAL for you to be GROWING IN KNOWLEDGE of who God is as it impacts how you think about God!! You must know that: HOW YOU THINK ABOUT GOD DETERMINES HOW YOU PRAY. HOW YOU THINK ABOUT GOD DETERMINES HOW YOU LIVE. HOW YOU THINK ABOUT GOD DETERMINES HOW YOU DO the WORK the MINISTRY! How are you presently thinking about God as you face challenges? How does the knowledge of who God is and what God does as revealed in Deuteronomy 7:21 help you? Verse to DATE the Word on July 21 (7/21) is Deuteronomy 7:21. It says, “You shall not be terrified of them; for the LORD your God, the great and awesome God, is among you.” As you face this day what characteristic(s) of God do you need to meditate on? Be sure to meditate on the attributes of GREAT and AWESOME. Continue strong knowing how GREAT and AWESOME God is, And remember to DATE THE WORD BTW – As I was growing up I watched the cartoon show UNDERDOG. It was one of my favorites. Underdog loved to let people know to HAVE NO FEAR, UNDERDOG IS HERE. For us as believers, we have Someone far greater than a cartoon figure named UNDERDOG who is telling us to HAVE NO FEAR as the GREAT AND AWESOME GOD IS HERE! |