A Great and Awesome Life Coach

UV 1038-10,000 A Great and Awesome Life Coach

Do not be terrified by them, for the Lord your God, who is among you, is a great and awesome God.
Deuteronomy 7 v 21

Moses was unarmed and he had only a staff with him. Yet when he confronted the mighty Pharaoh, he did not tremble or hesitate for he knew that God had commissioned him and that He accompanied him. With Pharaoh was only the arm of flesh but with Moses was the mighty outstretched right arm of Almighty God. The ones we confront in life may be stronger, more powerful or in higher positions, or wealthier and more influential but the Word exhorts us not to be terrified or awed by them for a great and awesome God is with us. The fear or awe or reverence for God, His wisdom, love and power will liberate us from the follies bound up in our hearts, free us from our own deceptions and fears. The fear can be expanded to mean-“forgo every attitudinal resistance.” God is backing us up like a good coach and saying, “ Go for it.” The word “ God “ itself means “ Go with devotion, dedication, determination, diligence, doggedness.” He is not an athletic coach, a retired athlete who stays near the starting line and yells encouragement but He is a life coach who fills us with His awesome and great power and grace. If God is with us, then supernatural favour is on us. If God is with us, nobody can stand before us or resist us just as they could not stand before Abraham, Joseph, Moses and Israel. Such a great and awesome God journeyed with these people. He stayed in their midst. Today, under the new covenant, He resides not just among us but inside us. Greatness and awesomeness will emanate from within us even as the light inside a bulb cannot be held back but shines forth from within.

Yesterday, in response to a post on the mystery of the still missing Malaysian airlines Boeing 777, I wrote that “ Godknowledgy is far greater and more useful any day than technology.” The greatness and awesomeness of God is revealed in the universe, in the earth, its flora and fauna and in human beings. God has made the earth a million times different and better from other dry, lifeless, uninhabited planets like Mars. He has made heaven a million times different and better than our temporary home, the earth. There are some 14 resemblances between earth and heaven. One of the resemblances is that there are places on earth where God is continually worshipped for His greatness and awesomeness just like I heaven. Another resemblance is that just as there are homes here on earth where people experience the freedom of heaven, there are prisons where people experience the bondage of hell.

We need to pray and appropriate a portion of the greatness and awesomeness of God for every day and in every situation of our lives. For whatever we can do, God can certainly do it better. He is not in our midst and inside our bodies, hearts and minds merely to be a spectator. He is a partner with us in leading our lives, leading our business, our professions, our families, our people.

Prateep V Philip