@ Etude- Awe

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Then Abram fell on his face ( in worship) and God spoke with him, saying,

Genesis 17 v3

God created all things bright and beautiful but only He remains awesome or worthy of awe. His presence, His very name evokes feelings of awe, of mystery, of wonder and reverence. Abram felt a sense of awe or extreme reverence as the Lord appeared to him and promised to establish a covenant with him and that he would multiply him exceedingly. Only the Lord is deserving of such awe. Abraham fell prostrate on his face as a sign of his reverence. With all other persons, the more we know them, the more familiar we become and often more contemptuous but with the Lord, the more we know Him, the more we hear Him, understand His word and His nature, His power, His wisdom and character, the more awe it will produce in us. The more reverence such knowledge produces in us, the more wise and more blessed we become. We will find favour or grace like Noah and Abraham in the sight of God.


Even Moses and Joshua prostrated themselves in the presence of the Lord. It is a sign not just of reverence but of complete surrender to the will of the Lord. When we do so, we are indicating physically that we owe our entire existence, all that we are and all that we have and hope to have to Him and Him alone. We are inviting the Lord to accept us as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to Him. Spending a few moments every day in this manner is a very blessed practice and spiritual exercise. It is evidently a sign of our utter humility before the sovereignty of the Lord.

After Abram worshipped the Lord in this manner, the Lord spoke to Him, saying that His covenant is with Abraham specifically and personally. Abram 's name was changed to Abraham as a mark of the transformation of his life and his destiny. The Lord promised that many nations would descend from him, that his life would be exceedingly fruitful, that he would be the father of many nations. Likewise, when we worship the Lord like Abraham, the Lord will transform our identity, our destiny and make our lives exceedingly fruitful. With our limbs still, our eyes closed on the floor, we are making a statement, " Lord, I am next to nothing. You are my everything, my sight, my vision, my strength, my wisdom, my all. " As we lie still in His presence, space and time in our lives coincide and we give room to the Eternal, the Invisible, the Infinite, the Absolute, the Perfect, the Merciful, the Gracious Saviour and Lord. Through the person of Jesus, the Holy Spirit and the means of the Word, today, we have a fuller revelation of the Lord. Awe which was earlier based on a fear of the unknown is now awe mixed with love and personal knowledge of the Lord. As the Psalmist David wrote, " Be still and know that I am God." As we lie still in His presence, the Lord reveals that He is the I AM, the True vine, the bread of Life, the Water of life, the Way, the Truth and the Life, the Resurrection, the Door, the Good Shepherd, the King of Kings, the Eternal Father, the Alpha and the Omega.