Psalm 24

 

 

Psalm 24

My reading this morning led me to wonder about this God who created all things yet seeks wretched sinners like us.  The King of Glory in particular struck a cord for me.

v1-2. ‘The earth is the Lords and the fullness thereof.’ 

A reminder that God is creator, we are created, we and this earth belong to him alone. 

 

v3-6. Those who worship God can only do so when they reflect Gods holiness. 

So many churches today do not do this. I fail miserably.

 

v7-10. The King of Glory, Yahweh, the Lord almighty, he is the King of Glory. 

His Glory is his Holiness and his Love.  You cannot get one without the other.

 

This 'King of Glory,' one perfect in every way. His Holiness is not the empty holiness of humans who bear this title, his Holiness is real and powerful.  

Nothing that is unacceptable can approach him.  

Yet he reaches down to the sinful people on earth, the ones he has created, the ones who ignore him and fail to even consider his existence.  This God, this loving God is so desperate to gather people to himself to share an eternal existence with him.  

This God is so keen to have us with him he takes human form, spends some 30 or so years amongst us, unrecognised by the majority, and lays down his life on a cross just so we could be with him.  

And the majority still are unmoved.

God basically asks and requests, people to receive him.  

How low can a God go? 

This is Almighty God coming to his people and offering life abundant! What love is this that takes our place on the cross? He took our sin nature, and again calls us to turn around, offer ourselves to him and walk his way.

He himself will be always with us, why do we linger? 

Why do we hinder or doubt his love for us?  Why?