Give unto the Lord, O ye mighty, give unto the Lord glory and strength. Give unto the Lord the glory due unto His name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. (Psalm 29:1, 2).
What an awesome assertion of God’s holiness and the exhortation to His people to be holy. The Psalmist says “Ascribe to the Lord glory and strength;” know that God is a Spirit, infinite, eternal, and unchangeable in His being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness and truth.
We know that our Heavenly Father is everywhere, that is to say, He is Omnipresent. Think of Omni-presence this way: Everything everywhere is immediately in His presence. We know that the awesome God is Omniscient. He has infinite knowledge. God’s knowledge does not increase or diminish as He knows when the temporal events of His redemptive program take place. He eternally knows what He has known in the past and what He will know in the future. Moreover, He is Omnipotent; having the ability to do with power all that power can do, and controlling all the power that is or can be. “Give unto the Lord the glory due unto His name.” Holiness is regarded in the Bible as His central ethical character. Please hear this, Dear Ones: “Basic ethical principles are revealed by the will of God, and derived from and based upon the character of God. Ye shall be holy; for I am holy.” (Lev. 11:44)
The idea of holiness originates in the revealed character of God, and is communicated to things, places, times and persons engaged in His service. Its ethical nature grows clearer as revelation unfolds, until the holiness of God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, of the Church as a body, and of individual members of that body, fills the New Testament horizon. Holiness is equated with purity and the means of purification is the truth of the Word of God (John 17:17). In your robe of righteousness, acknowledge the Divine perfections of the Creator of the universe. Glorify Him in your mortal body.
Be blessed as you worship Him in sacred garments of uprightness.
Pastor J. Amos Jones
