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July 28
Saturday


AWESOME!

READ:
Psalm 47
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The LORD Most High is
awesome; He is a great
King over all the earth.
__Psalm 47:2
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It's an often-used word, and we here it in the most unusual contexts. It's the word awesome.

My 9_year_old grandson Josh and i were playing with a radio_controlled racecar set on the living room floor. Several times he would say, "Awesome!"

On another occasion, as my wife and I were leaving a restaurant, the manager, who was standing by the door, asked, "How was everything folks?" "Fine," I replied. "Awesome!" he said.

These two occasions set me to thinking: While it's fun to play with my grandson and to enjoy a meal at a restaurant, are these experiences really awesome? So I consulted Mr. Webster's unabridged dictionary. The primary definition lists awesome as "deeply reverent," "dreadful," "awful." I remembered the time that I stood on the south rim of the Grand Canyon. That was truly an awesome experience.

Then I thought of a more awe-inspiring reality still. It's knowing the Creator and Sustainer of of the entire universe. No wonder the psalmist wrote, "The LORD Most High is awesome" (Ps. 47:2).

The next time we hear the word awesome, may it remind us of our great God, who truly is awesome! __Dennnis De Haan
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~God of everlasting glory,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Filling earth and sky,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Everywhere Thy wonders open~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~To our searching eye. __Peterson~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Nothing is more awesome than to know God.

****************Today's Bible Reading __ Psalm 47***************

1 Oh, clap your hands, all
you peoples! Shout to God
with the voice of triumph!
2 For the LORD Most High
is awesome; He is a great
King over all the earth. 3 He
will subdue the peoples
under us, and the nations
under our feet. 4 He will
choose our inheritance for
us, the excellence of Jacob
whom He love.

5 God has gone up with a
shout, the LORD with the
sound of a trumpet. 6 Sing
praises to God, sing praises!
Sing praises to our King,
sing praises! 7 For God is
the King of all the earth;
sing praises with
understading.

8 God reigns over the
nations; God sits on His
holy throne. 9 The princes
of the people have gathered
together, the people of the
God of Abraham. For the
shields of the earth belong
to God; He is greatly
exalted.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< <<

Psalm 47 is one of the psalms that speak of God on His throne.
Others are Psalms 93 and 95-99. Scholars believe the historic
occasion for this psalm was when Moab and Ammon attacked Judah.
In his prayers, Jehoshaphat acknowledged God as the sovereign
Ruler over all the nations (2 Chron. 20:6). This psalm celebrates
the universal reign of God as the great King when all peoples of all
nations in all the earth will worship the Lord Most High (vv.2,6-7).
Prophetically, it finds its fulfillment in the future reign of Christ in
the millennial kingdom and the eternal kingdom. Psalm 47 is used
as a part of the Jewish New Year's celebrations (Rosh Hashanah). The
church has used it in celebration of Christ's ascension (v.5). __SKT