Psa 99:1, The LORD reigns; LET THE PEOPLES TREMBLE! He dwells between the cherubim; LET THE EARTH BE MOVED!
Saints quiver with devout emotion, and sinners quiver with terror when the rule of Jehovah is fully perceived and felt.” (Spurgeon)
Psa 119:120, My flesh trembles for fear of You, And I AM AFRAID OF YOUR JUDGMENTS.
Psa 99:2-3, The LORD is great in Zion, And He is high above all the peoples. Let them praise Your great and awesome name—HE IS HOLY.
The Psalmist says three times that the LORD is HOLY 3,5,& 9. Holiness is who HE is and what HE does; HIS power is HOLY, HIS love is HOLY, HIS righteousness, mercy, and HIS judgements are HOLY! It’s not HIS personality BUT THE ESSENCE OF HIS ENTIRE BEING!
Psa 99:5, EXALT THE LORD OUR GOD, AND WORSHIP AT HIS FOOTSTOOL—HE IS HOLY.
HIS footstool is the entire earth, let all that has breath praise HIS HOLY NAME!
Isa 66:1, Thus says the LORD: “Heaven is My throne, And earth is My footstool. Where is the house that you will build Me? And where is the place of My rest?
HE cannot be contained. HE doesn’t dwell in buildings; HIS presence fills eternity!
Isa 57:15, FOR THUS SAYS THE HIGH AND LOFTY ONE WHO INHABITS ETERNITY, WHOSE NAME IS HOLY: “I DWELL IN THE HIGH AND HOLY PLACE, …
Psa 99:9, EXALT THE LORD OUR GOD, AND WORSHIP AT HIS HOLY HILL; FOR THE LORD OUR GOD IS HOLY.
HE calls us to follow HIM and HIS example through JESUS HIS SON!
1Peter 1:15-16, but as HE who called you is HOLY, you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, “BE HOLY, FOR I AM HOLY.”
We are going to fall short of HIS calling, but it doesn’t mean we should give up! We need to confess our sins and move on!
1Jn 1:9, If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Isa 6:3, And one cried to another and said: “HOLY, HOLY, HOLY IS THE LORD OF HOSTS; THE WHOLE EARTH IS FULL OF HIS GLORY!”