9A Worship: Holiness In Worship - The Otherness of God

If I received a phone call and the person on the other end of the line said, “This is the President of the United States, can you come over for dinner?” I would not believe it. “Is this Tom Oliva?” The President, honestly Tom Oliva too, has much more important things to do. The President’s dinner list is full of “A-list” celebrities, athletes, heads of state, elected officials, donors … out of a population of 340 million Americans I’m close to, or at, the bottom. In reality, the President is just another person, full of flaws, but by vote given incredible power. His position and title put him “out of my reach.”

Christians have as their authority One who is so far beyond the powers of the U.S. President. The comparison is ridiculous. He created the world, the universe, us, simply by speaking. Do we understand the power-differential? Do we tremble in His presence? How do we, how can we, approach ALMIGHTY GOD? If I am unworthy of a dinner invitation from the President … how can I believe I am worthy and able to approach the One True Living God? Do we know who He is? What right do we have to be in His presence?