A Life in Awe of God - Psalm 119:161-168 (Psalms 119:161-168)

1:14Well, the last stanza, the R stanza, was for revival. And this stanza, the Sheen stanza, is all about a life in awe of God, or the effects, the characteristics of a man who has been trained. Transformed by the awe of God. And the two are related because when God revives a person, what he does is he revives them to a relationship to his word. And that revived relationship looks like a person who is in awe of God, in awe of God's words.

1:56Look at verse 161. Princes persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of you. That is, princes. We saw those earlier at the very beginning. Princes, these are people of influence. There are people, perhaps, nobility. They are the societal leaders of the Psalmist day. They're rulemakers, probably even royalty in these princes. They are people of power, and they use their power to persecute, to pursue with harmful intent, to bring down the psalmist, to bring down our psalmist. And they do so without reason, for some reason beyond anything that the psalmist did to them. And he can say, cry out to the Lord, princes are persecuting me without cause, yet my heart stands in awe of your words. Awe, awe, that utter.

3:00Awe. I don't even know how you bring the awe of God to that deep emotion, that deep respect, that holy fear, that transcendent reverence, awe. You know, it's a, we use the word very differently, don't we, today? Right? We use the word awe, in fact, kind of in many ways, in kind of a trivial way. In fact, as I was studying this word, I just thought, okay, I'm going to make a mental note of all the times I hear the word awesome used or awe used this week to reference to something that's maybe not as high and lofty as the biblical term or as weighty. So I just started going through it into my mind. And there was this shirt that I was informed of that said, awesome ends with me.

4:00Awesome ends with me. And then there sounds about like our times, right? Awesome is me. That sounds like us, right? Okay, well, then there was the statement of, oh, if you get a suit at a really good price, that's awesome. An awesome deal on a suit. That's pretty awesome. Then there was this morning, we decided to drive to. Church in our Camry instead of our great big old boat. And one of my kids got in the car. Awesome. We're going to church in the Camry. So I guess the awesomeness was driving instead of the big. Then another statement I heard yet this morning, the food over this morning in the break room was awesome. So, I mean, wow.

4:56Cooks, whoever was involved with that, just get an idea. But here was my favorite one this week. Somebody referred to Eric. That's our associate pastor. They referred to Eric's new haircut as awesome. Awesome. Just trying to look like a test. Yeah. Well, man, you wowed some people. I mean, with all due respect, it is a good haircut. But it doesn't carry the freight of the biblical term. Awesome. When we talk about awesome in the Bible or something that brings awe, it's that deep respect. It's not slavish fear, but a profound reverence, almost even a terrifying reverence, that this man would, that in light of these persecutors, These princes that were using their power to bring him down. And it's an abysmal state of affairs when those who are supposed to defend justice actually pervert it. And they use their power to do harm rather to do good. And they are sophisticated in bringing down the righteous. Such were these men. But this psalmist was so in awe of God's word that that terrified him more than his persecutors. Awesome. He stood in awe of God's word over the powers of his day. I mean, we get awed by many things.

6:43But the psalmist understood that ultimate reality is anchored in the eternal words of God rather than the passing philosophies of his persecutors. And as a result, he lived the only life worth living. And there really is only one life worth living, and that's a life in awe of God in the biblical sense of the word. A life in awe of God. And this is certainly displayed throughout the rest of the Psalm. The psalmist stood in awe of God over everything that came in his life. In verse 36, you remember, he says, Incline my heart to your testimonies and not to disappear. Dishonest gain and turn my eyes away from looking at vanity, those allurements of the world and the temptations of the world, though they were pulling on him, his awe of God's word drew him more.

7:47And then in verse 61, you remember where he says, The cords of the wicked have encircled me. That is, they have wrapped me up, they have constrained me, but I have not forgotten your law. Even all the opposing forces, even when they had trapped him, yet he says, I stand in awe. And that is what drives me, is awe of God's word. And it is the only life worth living. That is what the testimony of Scripture bears out over and over again and wants to get instilled into the mind and heart of man. There is only one life worth living, and that is a life in awe of God.

8:34So the question comes to you: where are you at? Do you live in awe of God? And I think as believers, we know that we should live in awe of God, right? At least philosophically and theologically, we know that it's right to be in awe of God. But the question comes down, and I want to ask you on a heart level, and I want you to be as honest as you can with yourself. As you can possibly be, do you really live in awe of him?

9:08Is that what drives you? Are you awed by God and what he has said more than thoughts, entertainments, pursuits, relationships? You fill in the blank. What wows you? What awes you? What draws you? We need revival. And that's where God, as He sends revival, is where He's going to touch us. He's in an awe. He's going to touch us at the heart level, that we stand in awe of His words. And that is my prayer for this church. That is my prayer for us as individuals, that there be in this community a church that truly stands in awe of the Almighty God and the things that He has said.

10:06And I pray for revival. And this is what it's going to look like: awe of God's Word. You know, if you look back to times in your life and you think back to some of the highest spiritual moments in your life, just think back to some of those right now. You know what I can tell you characterizes those, even though I don't know you. Or may not even know what those thoughts may be, or may those times may have been, I can tell you what they were. They were times of heightened awe of God. That's what was going on at the base level. Those high spiritual moments of your life were times of heightened awe of God.

10:54And as we work our way through this passage this morning, God is inviting you into this life. The only life that is worth living. That is why he gave us this passage. That is why he took the psalmist through what he took him through. That is why the psalmist pinned these words, so that you and I would be invited to participate in this life. The only life that is worth living, a life in awe of God. So this morning, I want you to see nine characteristics, nine characteristics of a life lived in awe of God, so that you will live such a life. Nine characteristics of a life lived in awe of God. First one, let's walk through them. A life that is in awe of God is known by what he or she rejoices in. Look at verse 162. I rejoice at your word as one who finds great spoil. Word for rejoice. That is thy, it's actually a participant. Mike, the cause of my joyful celebration is your word, your promises. That is the word for word there, has that nuance of promises. When I see your promises, when I understand, especially how they apply to me, and I understand that I am not just some freak in nature, though I may be a freak of nature, I mean, but when I learn that I'm not just an accident, and I see that God is mindful of me, and I see that in his word there are promises that bear on my life. Psalmist says, when I see those, I rejoice. I rejoice as someone who finds great spoil. And that's an illustration of those who have defeated an enemy, or the enemy has retreated, and they've gone in and divided the spoils. The army has gone in to divide the spoils. But it's the idea of finding great treasure. The idea of finding great treasure. In fact, in the summer of 2009 in Stafford, England, a metal detector enthusiast was out on his friend's property just humming around and came across the largest collection of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver artifacts ever found. And in just five days, they found enough gold to. Filled 244 bags. And the two friends decided, we're going to split this 50-50. Now, that's the kind of rejoicing. Again, then just a couple of years later, another similar thing happened in England. The second largest find in England, where another guy was out and found 52,000 Roman coins weighing over 350 pounds. And like the first, they split them 50-50.

13:57Can you imagine dividing the spoils? I mean, that first one, they were instant millionaires. Wow, boom. Rejoicing. You can picture just the joy. Well, this is one of the highest metaphors for joy in the Bible. There's only one other one that you see a lot, and that's the joy of the gladness of a great harvest. The joy of a great harvest and the joy of dividing great spoil. It's interesting that in Isaiah, when he's looking forward and he's talking about the reign of the sun, and he talks about how the people who are sitting in darkness will see a great light. The New Testament describes that as Jesus' ministry as he is in the region of Galilee and as he healed. And you remember how he would heal and people would line up and bring their sick and their lame and their demon-possessed to him and they would bring him and he would heal them. Could you imagine the kind of joy? Well, that's the kind of joy.

15:00Isaiah describes this, they will be glad in your presence, the presence of the sun, as with gladness of a harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the spoil. And that's what the psalmist is saying. I rejoice when I see in your word the promises. I rejoice as one who finds great spoil, great treasure. You see, a person who lives in awe of God rejoices when they learn of God's promises to them. The question comes to you: what causes you to rejoice?

15:35What pumps you up? Well, if you live in awe of God, you will be overjoyed when you understand it, when he opens it up to you. So, you will know these people. You'll know these people. They're not hard to find. Those who love God's word, those who rejoice in God's word, those are the ones who live in awe of God. To live in awe of God's words is to live in awe of God Himself. So, a life that is in awe of God is known by what he or she rejoices. Second, a life that is in awe of God is known by what he or she hates. Look at 1:63. I hate and despise falsehood. That's a very strong expression. I hate, I dislike intensely.

16:30Is I despise, I hate, and despise. Poo, two, two powerful words put together. I find extremely offensive. One of the things when we bought our house, we didn't realize we bought a massive infestation of scorpions. We had a massive infestation. And if there's one thing I am committed to literally stomping out, it's these scorpions. These things wig you out, these little things. I mean, I can live with the spider. Go on, little guy, or some of those big mosquito hawks. Oh, guy, open, you know, open up the door. I even have, I can even get along with many snakes. But these scorpions, oh, they jump, they come out of, they show up at the weirdest places. And then we have launched a 10-year campaign still going on to literally trying to stomp out this infestation.

17:22But look at what this guy hates. He hates what is false. It just, it recoils him. And the word falsehood, he hates deception, those words that are of no substance, that empty air, that misleading, that stuff that is of no value. You see, people who stand in awe of God have no tolerance for lies, half-truths, exaggerations. I remember when I worked in a bicycle shop, and I remember shrewing tires, and when you're getting wheels ready to race, You wanted those wheels true. And what that means is you wanted perfect radial and lateral alignment based upon the spokes tensions. And so you would want that wheel to be true. And that's the opposite of being out of true, bent or wobble in a wheel, is what this guy hates. I hate that which is false, out of true.

18:30I mean, it's like a person who tolerates lies is like someone who goes through life on wobbly tires. You know, just boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. You know, it's just, that's the picture. Who wants to ride a bike like that? Who wants to go through life like that? Well, this person who stands in awe of God hates what is false. I mean, what is your relation to deception? I mean, and I want to talk to the kids here. Every kid in here, everybody who's living at home and beyond, are you comfortable in a lie?

19:06Can you lie to your parents and be fine with it? There's something really wrong in your heart. If you can, I don't care how old you are, but if you can lie to someone and you be fine with it, and you can just move on through the day in falsehood. You do not stand in awe of God's word. That's true with any of us, students, husbands, people, everybody, whether it's on your taxes, in your work, if you can tolerate falsehood in any measure, you do not stand in awe of God.

19:57A person who lives in awe of God's Word has no tolerance for falsehood in his or her life. They hate lying, they hate being lied to, they hate the propagation of lies. But closely related to that, a life that is in awe of God is known by not only what he or she hates, but also what he or she loves. Look at the second part of verse 163. But I love your law. I hate and despise falsehood, but I love your law. Contrary to falsehood is God's law. We can think of error as that which is substanceless or just vanity, whereas God's law is something that is truth, something that is solid, reliable. God's Torah, God's laws are reliable and trustworthy directions for life.

20:50He's already expressed this back, and he expresses this, well, he'll express this again in 165, that he loves God's law and. And again, in verse 167, it's a theme throughout this stanza. But contrary to falsehood, he loves God's direction. The psalmist saw God's law as something that was true, something that you could build a life upon, something to be loved, something to be strongly desired. You know, any builder in this room, and I know there are many who are in the construction industry, any builder knows the value of a solid foundation. And that any successful builder loves a solid foundation and doesn't move forward until he's got that right, because he knows how important it is. And any builder loves a firm foundation and hates a shaky one. And that's basically what this psalmist is saying. I hate falsehood, but I love substance. I love truth. I love your law because you can build a life upon it. You can build your worldview upon it and not worry about it self-contradicting or coming down because it's based upon that which is sure.

22:09You see, love and hate are closely related, as verse 164 or 163 says. I love what Leon Morris says at this point. He says, Those who love God develop a fierce hatred of what is wrong. There is no room for half measures in loving God. Is totally opposed to everything evil. The man who loves him must likewise must be opposed to evil. Love for God cannot coexist with a love for evil. The very fact of the believer's love for God means that he is dedicated to stomping out evil. You see, a person who lives in awe of God hates what is false, but loves what is true. Fourth, a life that is in awe of God is known by what he or she praises, by what he or she praises. Look back at verse 164. Seven times a day I praise you because of your righteous ordinances. You know what praise means? Praise means to boast in.

23:19It means to boast, literally to boast in. You know, some people go around like that guy with awesome be ends with me. That's a guy who boasts in himself. But praise is boasting in God. Let me tell you about my God. Let me tell you about him. There is none like him. He holds the oceans in his hands. He's measured every speck of sand. He knows it all. He is as infinitely great and infinitely power as he is infinitely loving and infinitely merciful. Let me tell you about my God. That's what. Praising is. That's what we do in song. We praise. We boast in Him, not ourselves. We boast in Him.

24:09And that's what's a real tragedy when, as musicians or as people, as we are singing, we are boasting in something other than God. Because the very nature of praise is to boast and extol Him. It's the idea of causing the greatness of God to be known. And that's what He's saying. Seven days, seven times a day, I praise you. I praise you. I make, I cause the greatness of God to be known through the way I live, through the things I say, and the person I am.

24:46Do you magnify Him? Do you boast in Him? If people spent any kind of time with you, what would they come away with thinking that yours, your greatest boast? What is your greatest boast? Well, hopefully, if you stand in awe, well, if you stand in awe of God, they will know this person boasts in God. And that's who we are. It's who we should be and aspire to be more and more. Seven times a day, the psalmist praises the Lord. Why? Look back. Because of God's righteous ordinances. That is, his judgments, his decisions. God's where the directions took the psalmist. And what. God did in his life and on a micro scale and on a macro scale.

25:38See, the wisdom of God's judgments are absolutely profound. You think about the brilliance of the cross. This is one of God's decisions, one of his ordinances, something that he came about, came up with. The cross. The cross. A perfect expression of God's absolute justice and hatred of sin. Yet at the very same time, an expression of his absolute love and absolute mercy and absolute commitment to his people. Profound. Justice, mercy. That's God's ordinance. That's God's judgment.

26:26And you can go on through every single detail of God's judgment, whether it's on the macro scale of a nation or whether it's in the micro scale of an individual, it is brilliant. What God has done in your life is brilliant. His judgments, where he leads you, where he takes you, the things that he has allowed to come into your life, and the things that he's using to shape and mold you, it is brilliant. And if you will stand in awe of God, you will see this because this is exactly what his word declares.

27:00They are righteous. They are always right. They are always good. They are always wise. And they are always brilliant, even if we don't fully get it. It doesn't change the reality. Seven times a day. And this is an expression of work's righteousness. Seven times a day. And I don't even know what that looked like. I don't know when, where, how he did it, he just did it. And the point is, it was an expression. It was an overflow. It wasn't, I'm going to whip myself into an obedient posture. It was, this is easy. This is what I love. I praise you. I boast in you because you are so incredible. Awesome, you are in the real sense. So, a life that is in awe of God is known by several things, right? We've already known by what he or she rejoices in, what he or she hates, what he or she loves, what he or she praises. But fifth, what he or she withstands. What he or she withstands. Look at verse 165. Those who love your law have great peace, and nothing causes them to stumble. Peace. And it's literally peace of great magnitude. It's in the place of emphasis. It's the first word in the sentence. Peace.

28:30Peace, completeness, soundness, wellness. There's a picture that I think captures the sense here. It's a picture of security in Job 5:21, where this individual is pictured as being at peace. Even the beasts of the field will be at peace with him. You will know that your tent is secure, for you will visit your abode and fear no loss. Peace is the sense of security, a sense of no fear of loss. This psalmist had no fear. He was not terrified of loss, no matter what was raging against him. Even though the powers that be were coming against him, he did not, he was more, he was held in more awe of God than he was going, all that was going on around him and coming against him.

29:33He's not fear of loss. There's no fear. That's what peace, there is a great sense of peace, great sense of security. Now, this does not mean that he was a stoic and that he didn't care. That's not peace. That's not the biblical peace here. But he was not afraid of loss. That didn't drive him. Oh, yeah, he felt the pain. He wept. We've seen his tears. He was in pain. He was in agony. He wept over the things that he should weep over. He longed for things to be better. That's not, he didn't grow callous, which many people do. On the opposite, he remained sensitive in spirit, but he was more driven by the promises of God and what God had said than he was fear of loss. Does that describe you? Someone who's more driven by the words of God, great peace, a fear of loss. Look at this promise that he says in the second part of 165: Those who love your law have great peace, and nothing, look at that, nothing causes them to stumble. Wow, nothing causes them to stumble. And the word for stumble implies to fall so as that they can't get up. It's not talking about a perfectionism, it's talking about a fall that he doesn't rise from.

31:13Those who live in awe of God's Word are secure and can withstand any failure, and they can withstand any success, and they can withstand any trial because God's word holds them in awe. And that's true. Trumps the trials. So the solution to our anxious thoughts, your anxious thoughts this morning, is a view of God, is a right view of God, a view of God that holds you in awe. That's the solution to your anxious thoughts. Sixth, a life that is in awe of God is known by what he or she hopes for. What he or she hopes for. Look back at verse 166. I hope for your salvation. That is, I wait expectantly for your salvation. That very thing that he had said in verse 155, that salvation is far from the wicked, but I hope in your wickedness, I hope in your salvation. Your Yeshua is the word. I look for your salvation. I hope for it, I wait expectantly for it. And it's, I wait for your salvation as opposed to man's salvation, trying to make an alliance with someone else or with something else to satisfy, to bring, to placate. But this guy waits. He or she that is in awe of God understands God's salvation and says, you know what? Not only is it worth waiting for, it is the only true salvation. Salvation. And so, whatever God has me going for, I'm waiting for His salvation. And there's certainly that coming in an ultimate sense. His salvation is coming, certainly will.

33:14It will arrive. The ultimate salvation. Meanwhile, what do we do? Well, look back. Not only is a life that is in awe of God is known by what he or she hopes for, but also what he or she does. Look back at the second part of 166. I hope for your salvation, O Lord, and do your commandment. While he is waiting for God's salvation, he is active in carrying out God's authoritative instructions for his life. That's what you do while you wait. That's what he did. He said, I carry them out. I carry out your authoritative directions.

33:59You see, a mark of a person who lives in awe of God is not just a hearer of the word, but a doer of God's word. You see, a view of God's awesomeness produces activity. You'll see this. A person who holds God's word in awe will be active in doing his commands, in trying to carry out God's ways, God's directions. That doesn't mean they're perfect by all means. One thing I've learned is ministry is messy, but you will see a degree of effort. One who is truly in awe of God's word tries to carry out God's commandments, and you will see that in their lives. An eighth characteristic: a life that is in awe of God is known by what he or she keeps, by what he or she keeps. Look back at verse 167. My soul keeps your testimonies, and I love them exceedingly. I keep your precepts and your testimonies. That is, he keeps. He doesn't discard or set aside God's witness to the truth. I can tell you, we're living in that era, which, if this isn't the great falling away, I don't want to be around to watch it.

35:29Because entire denominations that go under the banner of Christian have set aside God's witness to the truth. Many have done that on a macro level, and many in Bible-believing churches such as these, even here, many in this room, I fear, have set aside or disregard God's Word. And I just challenge you this morning, this is. An invitation for you to live in awe of God's Word, to bring you back, to sharpen your mind, to sharpen your focus on that which is most important.

36:11But notice he loves God's testimonies. He keeps not only his testimonies, but his precepts. That is God's standards of morality, God's standards, written prescriptions for life, God's standards for life. This relationship, you notice this keep, love, keep, there's a relationship between loving and keeping, right? In fact, Jesus said it himself, right? If you love me, you will keep my commandment. Love and keep are joined together. Finally, a life that is in awe of God is known by what he or she knows. Look at the last sentence there in verse 168.

36:55For all my ways are before you. That is, all my ways are before you. They are in front of you, they are open and displayed right before you. Every single one of my ways. In fact, a couple pages over to Psalm 139, let me read to you just a portion of it. Psalmist David is thinking about the awesomeness of God, the omnipresence and the great power and knowledge of God. He says, Oh Lord, you have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down. And when I rise up, you understand my thought from afar. You scrutinize my path and my lying down. You are intimately acquainted with all my ways. Even before there is a word on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it all. You have enclosed me behind and before, and laid your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me. It is too high. I cannot attain it. He starts thinking to the depth that God knows him, and it blows his mind. And then he goes on in verse 13: For you formed my inward parts, you wove me in my mother's womb. I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works, and my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in secret and skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth. Your eyes have seen my unformed substance, and in your book were all written the days that were ordained for me, when yet not there was one of them. How precious also are your thoughts to me, O Lord. How vast is the sum of them. If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand. Just an expression of God's omniscience. Listen, God's ordained ruler has to be omniscient because to rule effectively and justicely. It presupposes that you know everything. And so Jesus is the only one capable of carrying the government upon his shoulders because only he demonstrated the omniscience and the omnipotence of God. God has to be our king.

39:21But if you think about the awesomeness of God, I was thinking about this last night. Just how does he keep up with all of us? Think about it. Think about it. Just think about what he knows. Think about the infinite details he knows about us. He knows our person. He knows our beginning. He knows all about us. He knows everything that goes through our mind. He knows us thoroughly. And he knows all possibilities of our lives. And he knows all of us. Magnify, you know, blow that out into the population of the earth. When he said he's going to make man in his image, guess what? It's going to be a multitude. It's going to take a multitude to reflect the image of God. This is how awesome he is.

40:08And he is a spirit. He is here. He's able to create matter out of nothing. He's able to hold it all together. How can I possibly fear man? There isn't anybody like this. And that's exactly what the psalmist is saying. All my ways are before you. And I know who you are, so how can I possibly, possibly fear my persecutors? How can they possibly drive me when I look and see who you are? You see, the only life worth living is one that is in awe of God. And this psalmist gave us this. This comes to us as a gift this morning, as a glorious invitation for you to live your life in awe of God.

41:06Let me tell you, there is an emptiness of worldly pursuits. If you're old enough, you should probably know that by now. Whether you go after relationships or whether it's possessions or powers or achievement or success or status, when you get to the summit, guess what? It's empty, right? There's emptiness in pursuing anything else. In 1985, this climber up in the Peruvian Andes made history by climbing up to one of the summits of the tallest mountains there. And he went up a very unique way, up a very difficult way. Now, Mount Everest, in some ways, has been tamed, right? Because there's all kinds of guided tours. There's Sherpas, there's camps, there's support camps, there's medical evacuations. Staff, there's rescue, all that's there. So it's different. This is totally a different kind of mountain climbing expedition. He's on his own with his friend, and if anything happens, it's over. There is no second chance. And he nearly dies on the way down.

42:22But it's something that he said at the top of the mountain that I want you to hear. He gets all the way up to the crest. He summits this mountain, makes history. And he said it was a big letdown. Let me just read to you what he says. He said, We took the customary summit photos and ate some chocolate. I felt the usual anti-climax. What now? It was a vicious circle. If you succeed with one dream, you come back to square one, and it's not long before you're conjuring up another, slightly harder, a bit more ambitious, a bit more dangerous. I didn't like the thought of where it might be leading me, as if in some strange way, the very nature of the game was controlling me, taking me towards a logical but frightening conclusion. That would be his death. It always unsettled me, this moment of reaching the summit, the sudden stop. Stillness and quiet after the storm, which gave me time to wonder at what I was doing and a sense, a niggling doubt that perhaps I was losing control.

43:44You see, a life in awe of God is anything but empty. Consider God's awesome power. Consider the certainty of His word. Let me tell you something about my God. He said, Let there be light. And guess what? It was so. And throughout the creation, he said, Let there be, let there be, let the material universe come into being. And it was so. He tells Abraham, Abraham, I'm going to send you down, send your people down into Egypt, and they'll be there for 400 years. And it was so. And he brought them out.

44:31And as he brought them out, he spoke through Moses and he said to those people of Israel who were fleeing, said, You see the Egyptian army? You see the superpower of the day? You won't see him anymore. Never again. And it was so. And in Isaiah 9, he said, The virgin shall be with child, and the government will be upon his shoulder. And in John chapter 11, he says, Lazarus, come forth. And it was so. Scripture says, all who call upon him will be saved, and it will be so.

45:08At the name of Jesus, all will bow, and it will be so. And Jesus said, I will establish my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And God, through the ages, is going to work through little bodies and large bodies who have an awe of him. And through their testimony, he will make himself known, and he will gather for himself the elect, his bride, and it will be so. Hebrews 9:27 says, It's appointed for men to die and afterwards to stand before judgment. And it will be so.

45:55Friends, our passage this morning is an invitation for you to live the only life worth living, a life in awe of God. Let's do so. Let's pray. Heavenly Father, we thank you. We thank you for your word that just exposes the truth. Father, cause us to stand in awe and respond to all that you've put your hand upon us this morning in Jesus' name.