Malachi 2:4–5 (ESV) — 4 So shall you know that I have sent this command to
you, that my covenant with Levi may stand, says the Lord of hosts. 5 My covenant with him was one of life and peace, and I gave them to
him. It was a covenant of fear, and he feared me. He stood in awe of my name.
NOTE: When he says
"his covenant with Levi," this could not be the original Levi since
there was no individual covenant with him. The covenant started with Aaron and
Moses and the group of Levites who stood with them in opposition to the enemies
within the people. The original Levi was not a man of peace. But both Aaron and
Moses were known for the their long-suffering. The feared God greatly and
especially feared for the people. The took their position with awe that they
served the God of the universe. We have lost some of that awe and wonder. We
need to rediscover the Holy God, who is "other." We are made in his
image and yet he is not like us, he is "other." That is really what
holy means. He is both transcendent and he is knowable. The terms do not
contradict. You cannot know God fully or even in a small partial manner, and
yet you can know God. In fact, as a believer, we are given the mind of Christ,
which I assume to be the Holy Spirit's indwelling since my finite mind is too
small for even a fraction of the mind of Christ. We should stand in awe or
maybe better yet collapse to our knees in awe. We serve and know (in some
degree) the King of Kings, Lord of Lords, Creator of all things, and God of the
universe.
PRAYER: Father,
words cannot express what I want to say. The word awe falls far short. It is
too small. Nothing can describe your greatness. You are everything and more.
Nothing exists that you do not keep existing. Nothing was created that you did
not create. In my desire to understand your incredible greatness, I am left
with nothing. My words fail, my thoughts fall far short, but my heart senses a
small piece of the awe I feel at knowing you.
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