Our Awesome God

Those people who sing the song “Our God is an Awesome God” don’t know the half of it. Have you ever seen a tornado close up? Have you ever been involved in a tsunami or hurricane? What about an earthquake, or a volcano; we cannot fathom the mighty hand of God. Bold and mighty men cringe and hide before the fierce storm, and yet it is as a toy in the hands of God; it is not even a mild breeze to Him. We have seen the devastation after the storms and floods; we have seen, from afar for most of us, the fierce wildfires that rage uncontrollably through forest and cities; we all have heard the cries of the bereaved, and saw the tears they shed for their loss, but we have not so much as touched the awesome power of God in all those things. We have not even entered into the threshold of His power. It is too much for our tiny finite minds to fathom. Oh that we would fear God as the maker of the storm; Oh that we would fear Him more than we fear the raging storm or the torrential flood; oh that we would flee evil as we do these storms of life, and fear God as we do the disasters of this earth; only then can we enter into the threshold of his power, and see the embryo of His might.