Interesting Green: Reflection - Psalm 47

Source (book): "My Soul Thirsts For God", Reflections on the Psalms from Our Daily Bread, Psalm 47, "Awesome!", Page 76.
By Dennis DeHaan, Our Daily Bread Writer

PHOTO: Psalm 47

Claps your hands, all you nations;
shout to God with cries of joy.

How awesome is the Lord Most High,
the great King over all the earth!
He subdued nations under us,
peoples under our feet.
He chose our inheritance for us,
the pride of Jacob, whom he loved. Selah

God has ascended amid shouts of joy,
the Lord amid the sounding of trumpets.
Sing praises to God, sing praises;
sing praises to our King, sing praises;
For God is the king of all the earth;
sing to him a psalm of praise.

God reigns over the nations;
God is seated on his holy throne.
The nobles of the nations assemble
as the people of the God of Abraham,
for the kings of the earth belong to God,
he is greatly exalted (powerful).

Awesome!
It's an often used word, and we hear it in the most unusual contexts. It's the word awesome.

My nine year-old grandson Josh and I were playing with a radio-controlled racecar set on the living room floor. Several times he would say, "Awesome!"

On another occasion, as my wife and I were leaving a restaurant, the manager, who was standing by the door, asked, "How was everything, folks?" "Fine," I replied. "Awesome!" he said.

These two occasions set me to thinking: While it's fun to play with my grandson and to enjoy a meal at a restaurant, are these experiences really awesome? So I consulted Mr. Webster's unabridged dictionary. The primary definition lists awesome as "deeply reverent," "dreadful," "awful." I remembered the time that I stood on the south rim of the Grand Canyon. That was truly an awesome experience.

Then I thought of a more awe-inspiring reality still. It's knowing the Creator and Sustainer of the entire universe. No wonder the psalmist wrote, "How awesome is the Lord Most High" (Psalm 47:2).

The next time we hear the word awesome, may it remind us of our great God, who truly is awesome!
- Dennis DeHaan

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Psalm 47
Claps your hands, all you nations;
shout to God with cries of joy.

How awesome is the Lord Most High,
the great King over all the earth!
He subdued nations under us,
peoples under our feet.
He chose our inheritance for us,
the pride of Jacob, whom he loved. Selah

God has ascended amid shouts of joy,
the Lord amid the sounding of trumpets.
Sing praises to God, sing praises;
sing praises to our King, sing praises;
For God is the king of all the earth;
sing to him a psalm of praise.

God reigns over the nations;
God is seated on his holy throne.
The nobles of the nations assemble
as the people of the God of Abraham,
for the kings of the earth belong to God,
he is greatly exalted (powerful).

PHOTO: How awesome is the Lord Most High,
the great King over all the earth!
He subdued nations under us,
peoples under our feet.
He chose our inheritance for us,
the pride of Jacob, whom he loved.
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Awesome!
It's an often used word, and we hear it in the most unusual contexts. It's the word awesome.

PHOTO: It's an often used word, and we hear it in the most unusual contexts. It's the word awesome.
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My nine year-old grandson Josh and I were playing with a radio-controlled racecar set on the living room floor. Several times he would say, "Awesome!"

PHOTO: My nine year-old grandson Josh and I were playing with a radio-controlled racecar set on the living room floor. Several times he would say, "Awesome!"
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On another occasion, as my wife and I were leaving a restaurant, the manager, who was standing by the door, asked, "How was everything, folks?" "Fine," I replied. "Awesome!" he said.

PHOTO: On another occasion, as my wife and I were leaving a restaurant, the manager, who was standing by the door, asked, "How was everything, folks?" "Fine," I replied. "Awesome!" he said.
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These two occasions set me to thinking: While it's fun to play with my grandson and to enjoy a meal at a restaurant, are these experiences really awesome? So I consulted Mr. Webster's unabridged dictionary. The primary definition lists awesome as "deeply reverent," "dreadful," "awful." I remembered the time that I stood on the south rim of the Grand Canyon. That was truly an awesome experience.

PHOTO: These two occasions set me to thinking: While it's fun to play with my grandson and to enjoy a meal at a restaurant, are these experiences really awesome? So I consulted Mr. Webster's unabridged dictionary. The primary definition lists awesome as "deeply reverent," "dreadful," "awful." I remembered the time that I stood on the south rim of the Grand Canyon. That was truly an awesome experience.
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Then I thought of a more awe-inspiring reality still. It's knowing the Creator and Sustainer of the entire universe. No wonder the psalmist wrote, "How awesome is the Lord Most High" (Psalm 47:2).

PHOTO: Then I thought of a more awe-inspiring reality still. It's knowing the Creator and Sustainer of the entire universe. No wonder the psalmist wrote, "How awesome is the Lord Most High" (Psalm 47:2).
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The next time we hear the word awesome, may it remind us of our great God, who truly is awesome!
- Dennis DeHaan

PHOTO: The next time we hear the word awesome, may it remind us of our great God, who truly is awesome!
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PHOTO: "Dear Lord, we pray that the next time we hear the word awesome, may it remind us of our great God, who truly is awesome!

Through Lord Jesus Christ we pray. Amen."
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Reflection - Psalm 47 - Awesome!
Source (book): "My Soul Thirsts For God", Reflections on the Psalms from Our Daily Bread, Psalm 47, "Awesome!", Page 76.
By Dennis DeHaan, Our Daily Bread Writer

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Reference

[1] From "My Soul Thirsts For God", Reflections on the Psalms from Our Daily Bread, Copyright @ 2009 by Discovery House Publishers, Psalm 47, "Awesome!", Page 76.

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Matthew 11:28-29 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+11%3A28-29&version=NIV

Psalm 47:2 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2047%3A2&version=NIV