Habakkuk 2:19,20
Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’ To silent stone, ‘Arise! It shall teach!’ Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, Yet in it there is no breath at all in the midst of it.
“But the LORD is in His holy temple. Let all the earth keep silence before Him.”
Psalm 11:4
The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.
There is no God but our God. Wooden idols cannot breathe, speak or move under their own power. Stone carvings cannot move under their own strength, for they have none. They are empty gods and have no power.
Only God is Holy. Only God breathes. Only God speaks. Only God moves. For He is GOD. He is JEHOVAH. And His very presence demands a holy, sanctified people.
There will be a day when all peoples everywhere will take a knee in His presence. Every tongue, every nation, every language will praise God. Isaiah spoke of this event first - Isaiah 45:23 - and Paul repeated it when teaching the church, the believers, in Rome - Romans 14:11.
To God be the glory. To God be the praise. To God, and to God alone, our worship is directed. It's why we look to the skies, for He is above the heavens. It's why we lift our hands and raise our arms: we long for His embrace. It's why we fall to the ground, when we worship: for we awed when He extends Himself to be with us where we are. We revere our God for He IS GOD.
