Nehemiah 9:6 The Awesome God
“You alone are the Lord. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, and all their starry host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in Therm. You give life to everything, and the multitudes of heaven worship you” (NIV).
God is indeed awesome. All we need to do to discover that is look outside and see the vast beauty of the universe, the earth and all the magnificent landscapes, animals, plants, and the seas it contains. Mountains are stunning from the Alps to the Rockies, to the Appalachians to the hills of Missouri—they are all stupendous. The vast numbers of plants, from spiny cactus to beautifully petalled pansies, the many animals from the amoeba to the great whales—they are all unbelievably intricate. He created the earth such that the animals, the plants, the landscapes, the oceans and the heavens work together as an amazing functioning unit that sustains life. From His creation alone, we can see that “Our God Is an Awesome God.”
He went beyond all that, and He created humans, and these He loved. He loved and loves them so much “…that He gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish, but have eternal life” John 3:16 (NIV). Nehemiah tells us more of God’s awesomeness in Nehemiah 1:5: “O Lord, God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of love with those who love him and obey his commands.” As we saw in John 3:16, He went beyond that love spoken of in promised in Nehemiah to include not only those who obey his commandments, but also to those who would accept His Son, Jesus.
He is powerful. He is awesome. He is the most loving. HE IS GOD