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          OUR DAILY BREAD                            Sunday, March 20, 1994
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          Read:  Daniel 9:1-19

                                   OUR AWESOME GOD

                      I prayed...and made confession, and said,
                          "O Lord, great and awesome God."
                                    --Daniel 9:4

          The  word  "awesome"  is  freely  used  these  days  to  describe
          athletes,  coaches, teachers, and even friends.  I  suppose  it's
          not wrong to use the expression this way.  But if you ever  stand
          at  the  rim of the Grand Canyon, or get a  panoramic  view  from
          Sandia  Peak,  a  point more than 14,000 feet  above  sea  level,
          you'll really feel a sense of awe.

          That's how I felt last year when I visited those places while  on
          vacation.  Although  the  scenery  itself  was  breathtaking,  my
          feeling of awe had more to do with God than with the  spectacular
          beauties of nature.  I had the sense of being in the presence  of
          the One who created these wonders.  I found myself saying,  "This
          is  only  one  wonder  on one small planet  in  a  universe  that
          includes  billions  of stars and distances measured in  terms  of
          millions of light-years.  What an awesome God!"

          This  sense  of  awe is healthy and should  fill  us  with  fear,
          gratitude,  and  love.  Fear,  because such a God is  not  to  be
          trifled  with.  Gratitude,  because He reached down in  grace  to
          save  us  from  our sins.  Love, because by loving  us  first  He
          enables us to love Him in return (1 John 4:19).

          Lord, fill us with a sense of wonder as we think of You.  You are
          indeed our awesome God.

          Author:  Herbert Vander Lugt

                          In the steep and on the hilltop,
                           There I find His royal throne;
                          And the God who made the mountain
                              Ever loves me as His own.
                                       --Ball

          THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
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          In a world of many superlatives, only God is the greatest.

          THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:   Judges 5-8





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