Simple Sunday: Tremble

Tremble and do not sin;
   when you are on your beds,
   search your hearts and be silent.
Offer the sacrifices of the righteous
   and trust in the LORD.  -Psalm 4:4-5

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Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. -Romans 12:1-2

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Blessed is the one
   who does not walk in step with the wicked
or stand in the way that sinners take
   or sit in the company of mockers,
but whose delight is in the law of the LORD,
   and who meditates on his law day and night.
That person is like a tree planted by streams of water,
   which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither—
   whatever they do prospers.
 Not so the wicked!
   They are like chaff
   that the wind blows away.
Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
   nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
 For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous,
   but the way of the wicked leads to destruction. -Psalm 1

How often do we tremble before our God?
How often do we truly offer ourselves as a living sacrifice?
How often do we recite the promises of God?

God is a God full of mercy, grace, love and passion for his people. To those who call out to him, whose delight is in his Word, he plants like a tree.

Like a tree planted by streams of water, full of nourishment, always being supplied what is needed.
And we are watched over.

That is the God I worship.

Can we rest in thinking of Him in this way this week?

It's God's very nature to care and to plant, to watch over, to prune, to supply.

Will we tremble at the fact that he is so good to us, so good. And none of which we deserve.

Will we look up one night at the breathtaking view of the heavens dancing before us... and tremble at the glory and might and power of our Heavenly Father?

He spoke a word and there was light
He split the sea and sky apart
And with a breath created life
This is the power of our God
The One who tells the sun to rise
And holds the keys of death and life
He sees our tears and dries our eyes
This is the kindness of our God

The angels sang a song of peace
For unto us a child was born
And with Him came the earth’s release
This is the mercy of our God
We drove the nails into the cross
He took the weight of sin for us
Because of love He paid the cost
This is the kindness of our God

Now here before us lies today
With every breath we make a choice
To love as He first led the way
This is the calling of our God

And when the final race is won
And we are under Heaven’s sun
We rejoice to hear Him say, “Well done”
This is the kindness of our God

The angels sing and we’ll adore
The One who sits upon the throne
We will live with Him forevermore
This is the kindness of our God
This is the kindness of our God

-"Kindness of Our God" By: Rebecca St. James

Tremble, and do not sin.

Search your hearts.

Be silent.

Offer your sacrifice.

Trust in Him.


For all of this that surrounds us, all that encompasses, all that gives us our next breath and the breath we just took. This. Is the kindness of our God.

Tremble and do not sin;
   when you are on your beds,
   search your hearts and be silent.
Offer the sacrifices of the righteous
   and trust in the LORD.  -Psalm 4:4-5