How often are these words spoken in heaven? John tells us that four living creatures say these words day and night. I imagine that these expressions flow from their mouths like unto people standing in the cold who say continually, “It is cold.” God’s holiness and might override every other thought as one sees Him.
It is good to always be aware of God’s holiness and might.
King Abijah of Judah was aware of God’s holiness and might.
When an army of 800,000 choice men came against his army of 400,00 choice men, Abijah professed His faith in God’s holiness and might to win the battle. He told his enemy, “As for us, the Lord is our God.” “We keep the command of the Lord our God.” “God Himself is with us as our head.” “Do not fight against the Lord God.” “You shall not prosper.” [2]
As Abijah and his men cried out to the Lord, sounded trumpets to the Lord, and shouted to the Lord, God struck the opposing king so that he died and so did 500,000 of his men. Abijah and his men prevailed “because they relied on the Lord God.” [3].
“Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come.”
King David was aware of God’s holiness and might. He knew God as “the rock that is higher than I.” His “shelter.” His “strong tower.” David told his enemies upfront, “You shall be slain, all of you, like a leaning wall and a tottering fence.” He professed, “Those who seek my life, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.” [4]
King Solomon was aware of God’s holiness and might. He wrote, “The wrath of a king is like the roaring of a lion; whoever provokes him to anger sins against his own life.” [5] You don’t want provoke a lion to attack you. Those who provoked God to anger did not enjoy a happy ending.
The Apostle Paul was aware of God’s holiness and might. He wrote of how God the Father has made the Name of His Son above every other name.
“He [Jesus Christ] humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the Name, which is above every name, that at the Name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” [6]
This truth is illustrated by the fact that demons are afraid of Jesus. They recognize Jesus as the Son of God, a title that signifies His unique relationship with God and His power over evil. Demons are aware that Jesus has the power to send them to hell or to their final judgment. This knowledge instills fear in them, as they understand their ultimate fate is tied to Jesus.
“Jesus asked him, ‘What is your name?’ ‘Legion,’ he replied because many demons had gone into him. And they begged him repeatedly not to order them to go into the Abyss.” [7]
The demons begged Jesus repeatedly not send them to hell, or the Abyss. O that all of us knew this truth as well as the demons do! Hell is so bad that even the demons don’t want to go there.
“Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come.”
“We need You holy and Almighty God to work in us according to Your Word... ‘It is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.’ Help us to ‘do all things without complaining and disputing, that we may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom we shine as lights in the world.’” [8]
Praise God for revealing His holiness and might to us in the Bible, and also by all the created things around us that He has made, including our own bodies. I pray that the world will see His holiness and might shine through you and me, as He shined through others that trusted in Him. The Apostle John, King Abijah, his soldiers, King David, King Solmon and the Apostle Paul to name a few of the many!
[1] Revelation 4:8
[2] 2 Chronicles 13:3, 10-12
[3] 2 Chronicles 13:13-20
[4] Psalms 61:2-3; 62:3; 63:9
[5] Proverbs 20:2
[6] Philippians 2:8-11
[7] Luke 8:30-31
[8] Philippians 2:13-15
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