Standing In Awe

Standing in Awe

TEXT: 2 CHRONICLES 9: 1-4

2 Chr 9:1 When the queen of Sheba heard of Solomon's fame, she came to Jerusalem to test him with hard questions. Arriving with a very great caravan--with camels carrying spices, large quantities of gold, and precious stones--she came to Solomon and talked with him about all she had on her mind.

2 Chr 9:2 Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too hard for him to explain to her.

2 Chr 9:3 When the queen of Sheba saw the wisdom of Solomon, as well as the palace he had built,

2 Chr 9:4 the food on his table, the seating of his officials, the attending servants in their robes, the cupbearers in their robes and the burnt offerings he made at the temple of the LORD, she was overwhelmed.

Paraphrase the awe that the Queen of Sheba felt

AWE. The term refers to an emotion combining honor, fear, and respect before someone of superior office or actions. It most appropriately applies to God.

REVERENCE Respect or honor paid to a worthy object.

Why should we stand in awe of God?

Text: Jer 2:19 Your wickedness will punish you; your backsliding will rebuke you. Consider then and realize how evil and bitter it is for you when you forsake the LORD your God and have no awe of me," declares the Lord, the LORD Almighty.

Jer 2:20 “Long ago you broke off your yoke and tore off your bonds; you said, 'I will not serve you!' Indeed, on every high hill and under every spreading tree you lay down as a prostitute.

Jer 2:21 I had planted you like a choice vine of sound and reliable stock. How then did you turn against me into a corrupt, wild vine?

Jer 2:22 Although you wash yourself with soda and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before me," declares the Sovereign LORD.

What happens if we fail to stand in awe of God?

Who does Awe belong to?

Job 25:2 “Dominion and awe belong to God; he establishes order in the heights of heaven.

Job 25:3 Can his forces be numbered? Upon whom does his light not rise?

What does standing in awe of God bring you?

Jer 33:9 Then this city will bring me renown, joy, praise and honor before all nations on earth that hear of all the good things, I do for it; and they will be in awe and will tremble at the abundant prosperity and peace I provide for it.'

Jer 33:10 “This is what the LORD says: 'You say about this place, "It is a desolate waste, without men or animals." Yet in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem that are deserted, inhabited by neither men nor animals, there will be heard once more

Jer 33:11 the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those who bring thank offerings to the house of the LORD, saying, "Give thanks to the LORD Almighty, for the LORD is good; his love endures forever." For I will restore the fortunes of the land as they were before,' says the LORD.

Could the reason we don’t have abundant prosperity and peace ,be that we fail to Stand in awe of God ?

Why should we stand in awe of God?

Heb 12:26 At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, "Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens."

Heb 12:27 The words "once more" indicate the removing of what can be shaken--that is, created things--so that what cannot be shaken may remain.

Heb 12:28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe,

Heb 12:29 for our "God is a consuming fire."

Psa 104:1 Praise the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, you are very great; you are clothed with splendor and majesty.

Psa 104:2 He wraps himself in light as with a garment; he stretches out the heavens like a tent

Psa 104:3 and lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters. He makes the clouds his chariot and rides on the wings of the wind.

Psa 104:4 He makes winds his messengers, flames of fire his servants.

Psa 104:5 He set the earth on its foundations; it can never be moved.

Isa 40:21 Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood since the earth was founded?

Isa 40:22 He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth, and its people are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a canopy, and spreads them out like a tent to live in.