You and I have been there. Difficult to explain, but you knew. Your spirit told you. Your mind tried, but your heart knew. You knew you were standing on or near, sacred space. It might have been the tingles of your skin or the tingle of your heart, but you knew that you were in the presence of the holy. It may have been a place of worship, it may have been a final resting place of a loved one. It may have been the reading of sacred scripture for the day that spoke directly to you and your heart. It may have been a special look from a loved one. It was a glimpse into what a busy world does not usually see, the holy, the presence of that area that is mystery and purity mixed together and so hard to explain, but those who have sought it know it upon finding it. And then, dear friend, we are but at the first grain of sand of understanding what God's glory is. The psalmist experienced it through God's grace and so he wrote the words that he found to try to describe what it is: A king on a throne, surrounded by the heavenly court; to see such a sight all the earth knows to do is quake. Can you begin to understand how holy God is? Can you begin to understand the awesomeness of what makes God, God? It is the presence of justice not found on the earth, the reality of an equity that our humanness blemishes, a righteousness that is blameless before God, and all we can begin to do is worship God. The psalmist then lists those whom he knows were priests of the Holy One, Moses and Aaron, Samuel; their faithfulness to God was blessed by God's involvement in their lives as we can be with our faithfulness. For now, we join others as we worship and praise God, for God is indeed holy.
I asked the question, is there nothing sacred anymore, and the answer is still yes. The realm of God is sacred. When we enter into relationship with the Living God we enter into the sacred. When we invite the presence of God into our lives, those become sacred spaces. And it is in the sacred that God works in ways that those who walk with God understand and receive. In our world of this and that and busyness that keeps us here and there, and with the noises and distractions of all around us, we sometimes neglect the sacred. This psalm calls us back into that realm of wonder and awe that helps us better understand the sacredness and specialness of God in our lives.
PRAYER: Living God, bless and protect our lives from those things that take us away from the sacred. Come anew into our lives in ways that bring the sacred back to us. Grant us eyes and ears of faith to bless us in ways that bless You. This we pray in the sacred name of Jesus our Lord, amen.
Have a great and blessed day in the Lord!
Eradio Valverde
