The fear of God
Ps 93
Ps 93
1
The LORD reigns, he is robed in majesty; the LORD is robed in majesty and is armed with strength. The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved.
2
Your throne was established long ago; you are from all eternity.
3
The seas have lifted up, O LORD, the seas have lifted up their voice; the seas have lifted up their pounding waves.
4
Mightier than the thunder of the great waters, mightier than the breakers of the sea-- the LORD on high is mighty.
5
Your statutes stand firm; holiness adorns your house for endless days, O LORD. This Psalm is describing the the holiness of God. God has established His holiness upon the earth in the created order. The Psalmist is describing Gods way of creating and recreating. He is looking at the establishment of the earth that was planned in the counsel of God in eternity past. But the Psalmist is saying that Gods counsel is His spoken word that has put His stamp on all things. The eternal existent God who has always been complete ,needing nothing to satisfy Himself has shown His self sufficiency in creating a world that does not need any other being to help him order or sustain His creation. Everything that exist now was ordered by God in eternity past as already established.
The Psalmist is using the the word throne not as a physical place but as a metaphor for everything that has been created and everything that is recreated is spoken into existence. God has not simply spoken all things into existence but He has spoken it in a way that it is all united to work together to bring Him glory. When God looks from heaven upon all of His creation He is saying that this is a display of My holiness/ He is actually saying that all of His creation is His house.
We may think we are strong because we have a certain control over our own lives and over His creation. He is saying that since we have been given a certain amount of control over His creation that we cannot fundamentally change or disrupt this house. In this sense His law has been gifted to us as an establishment of order that we cannot overturn. He uses the waves as a metaphor for showing that we do not have the ability to go in a way where we are out of control. If we could throw anything out of control in the universe then God would cease to be holy.
The Psalmist is showing that God has made a covenant in creation in which He has held Himself to show that He is who He says He is. If we were able to help God then God would cease to be holy. Since His law has been established and the earth cannot be moved it doesnt matter if we believe this or not. Our view cannot change what God has established. We must conclude that even tho we are unholy we are loved by God because His holiness, which is stable and secure cannot be changed. This is fearing God.
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