Well, as we come to this passage of scripture this morning, Psalm 99, if you have not already turned there, the title of my sermon this morning is Worship Our Holy King. Well, we come to a passage of scripture this morning that holds before us a holy and high view of God. A God who is both terrifying yet tender. A God who reigns supreme and yet reaches down in grace. A God who is perfectly just and yet ready to answer and to forgive. A God unrivaled in splendor and unmatched in mercy. He really is a holy God, a holy sovereign that is worthy of fear, worthy of worship, worthy of trust. And so my prayer is that as you face this transitional time as a church body is that you would keep the main thing the main thing. And that's my goal this morning is to set before you the call upon our lives to worship God. that whatever season of life you are in, remember that God is on His throne. I want you to look up, if you will, above all of life's circumstances to the King who sovereignly presides over all things and arrange your life around worshiping Him. Because no matter the circumstances in this life, Yahweh is still on His throne. And so if you would, I wanna read our passage this morning, I wanna set that before you, so just follow along in your copy of God's word as we get ready to dive into this passage. And where you see the Lord in all caps, I will just insert the name of Yahweh there for us. Yahweh reigns. Let the peoples tremble. He is enthroned above the cherubim. Let the earth shake. Yahweh is great in Zion and He is exalted above all the peoples. Let them praise your great and awesome name. Holy is He. The strength of the King loves justice. You have established equity. You have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob. Exalt Yahweh our God and worship at His footstool. Holy is He. Moses and Aaron were among his priests and Samuel was among those who called on his name. They called upon the upon Yahweh and he answered them. He spoke to them in the pillar of the cloud and they kept his testimonies and the statute that he gave them. Oh Yahweh our God you answered them you were a forgiving God to them and yet an avenger of their evil deeds. Exalt Yahweh our God and worship at His holy hill, for holy is Yahweh our God. This psalm is one of the enthronement psalms that you find in the collection of the psalms. Psalms 93 through 100 are psalms that highlight different facets of the kingship of Yahweh in order to provoke a high view of God and the rightful worship of God's people. And this psalm in particular declares that Yahweh is the Holy King over all, so that His people and all people would come to Him in holy fear and humble worship that is due Him. You can see that it is divided up into three parts based upon the repetition that you find of the declaration of God's holiness. In verse 3 at the end, holy is He. Verse 5, holy is He. And then in verse 9 at the conclusion, exalt Yahweh our God and worship at His holy hill, for holy is Yahweh our God. And so we will follow the text as it breaks up for us. So if you're taking notes with me this morning, the psalmist sets before us really three holy distinctives of Yahweh's kingship in order to provoke us to humble, reverential worship. Three holy distinctives of Yahweh's kingship. Number one, consider with me the preeminent sovereignty of the Holy King. The preeminent sovereignty of the Holy King. You see, the holy nature of God is displayed in His unmatched reign over all. He's holy because He's distinct. He's holy because His reign is different and greater than all other reigns. And we see in these first three verses the psalmist goes back and forth between the stunning sovereignty of Yahweh and the appropriate response that all people should have in relation to it. You see that in the first three verses. Yahweh reigns. Let the peoples tremble. He's enthroned above the cherubim. Let the earth shake. Yahweh is great in Zion. He's exalted above all peoples. Let them praise your great and awesome name. The fact of who God is demands an appropriate response to Him. And notice at the outset here, the preeminence of God's sovereignty is displayed in His permanent reign. Just in the first phrase of verse 1, Yahweh reigns. There's so much theology in those two Hebrew words that are found in the text there. Yahweh reigns, perhaps the most terrifying and most comforting reality in this world. Yahweh reigns, and that is to say that the kingship of God has no end. It's a matter of fact, He reigns. He reigned yesterday, He's reigning today, and He will reign tomorrow and on to forever. One of the other enthronement psalms, Psalm 93, describes the reign of Yahweh this way. It says, Yahweh reigns. He is clothed with majesty. Yahweh has clothed and girded himself with strength. Indeed, the world is firmly established. It will not be moved. And then verse 2, your throne is established from of old. Really speaking back into eternity. You are from everlasting. You see, God's reign is eternal. Though kings come and kings go, God is still on his throne. Though leaders come and leaders go, Yahweh still reigns. It's a matter of fact and it's an infinite reality. Sovereignty and deity go hand in hand. To be God is to have unrivaled and unending kingship. To be God is to be king forever. And consider who this God is that by nature reigns eternal and who should bring terror to the nations. You can see that He is mentioned by name seven times in this psalm. It is Yahweh, verse 1. Verse 2, Yahweh is great in Zion. Verse 5, exalt Yahweh our God. Verse 6, they called upon Yahweh. Verse 8, O Yahweh our God. Verse 9, exalt Yahweh our God, for holy is Yahweh our God. This is a Yahweh central song. Yahweh, you could say, is His covenant keeping name. It is often used in relation to His faithfulness to the nation of Israel. You could say it's His most personal name. It's the name that He has revealed to us through His Word. So who is this Yahweh? Well, this psalm tells us that Yahweh is holy, as we noted earlier three times. Holy is He, holy is He, for holy is Yahweh our God. To be holy is to be intrinsically sacred. In other words, to be completely set apart from anything and everyone else. There's no one like Him. It does speak to His moral excellence. It speaks to His perfection of purity. He's the Creator. We are the creature. And there's a marvelous distinction between the two. He's holy. It also tells us that He is great and awesome and exalted. That is, He is transcendent. He's matchless, really incomparable. And He is our God here, speaking primarily for the nation of Israel as to them before this side of the cross. That is the God of Israel, the one who chose Israel and has fought for Israel and delivered Israel over and over. He's the God who used Moses, Aaron, and Samuel, as verse 6 talks about, as His servants to His people. And did all the wonderful things that He did through them and for them. And so think in relation to the peoples mentioned there. Yahweh reigns, let the peoples tremble. This is the peoples, not Israel, but all the nations surrounding Israel. Up to this point in history, what has been revealed of Yahweh to the world? Now we don't know when this psalm was written exactly, but it had to be sometime after the worship center had been established there in Zion, which is in Jerusalem on that holy mountain, as this psalm alludes to. And sometime after the ministries of Moses and Aaron and Samuel. And so who would the peoples have known Yahweh to be up to this point? But we're talking about the one who drowned all of mankind in a flood save eight people. It's Yahweh the one who polluted Egypt with bloody water and gnats and flies and frogs in his judgment. It's Yahweh the one who rightfully took the lives of every firstborn man, woman and child and animal in Egypt. We're talking about Yahweh who parted the Red Sea and caused the Israelites to walk across on dry ground, and then he brought the crashing waves back upon the Egyptian army. We're talking about Yahweh who conquered the Philistines, who through David would kill Goliath, and then all of the ways in which God worked up to this point with so many other nations. that He slayed because of their wickedness and refusal to bow the knee to Him as the one true God. And so it is no wonder that the psalmist calls the peoples, that is all the nations, to tremble at His permanent reign. Because the same great God is still on His throne. And all people everywhere are accountable to Him. His reign is eternal. That means His holy standards for all people are eternal. And if He's king, He's king over people. That is, we are accountable and responsible to Him. God is not going to change His mind and He isn't going to ease up or look away for a little bit while the world celebrates their sin. It might be that the world will try to suppress the truth in their own wickedness. and live fearless of God for a time, as Romans chapters 1 through 3 talk about? And that really is the issues of the nations, is it not? And with our nation, there's no holy fear of God before our eyes. There should be a holy trepidation, a true trembling, because as Acts 17, 30 through 31 expresses that God has fixed a day when he will judge the world according to his righteousness. And that all men everywhere must repent and trust in him. That's why the Proverbs express over and over that the fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom, because fear causes alert and focus and consideration of that which is to be feared. And when we consider that Yahweh's reign is eternal, that He's always in charge of all people at every moment from now on to eternity, and that He's going to judge the world in His perfect righteousness, that should cause a holy fear in everyone, because all of us have sinned and fallen short in the glory of God. Listen, no one at any point in history will ever get away with their treason against this holy king. Because this king never takes a break. He never steps off his throne. His reign is permanent. His reign is eternal. Let the peoples tremble. We also see the preeminence of Yahweh's sovereignty. The second half of verse one, he is enthroned above the cherubim. He not only governs all peoples, but he is enthroned above even the spiritual realm as well. Not only is he king over the physical realm, but he's king over the spiritual realm as well. Cherubim speaking of angels. And no doubt that this is a picture that is given of the Ark of the Covenant as was designed by God. There were two cherubim angels facing one another on opposite sides of the Ark. Atop the mercy seat, which is where the glory of God would dwell in a special way, 1 Samuel 4, verse 4, and 1 Chronicles 13, 6, and so many other passages express that Yahweh is enthroned above the cherubim. There was something special there where His name is called. And this design of God for the ark, at least in part, was to show that God transcends even the angels. He's that holy as a king. And that all the spiritual realm was created to serve Him. We see further there in verse 2, relation to the preeminence of His sovereignty. That it transcends all other sovereigns, if you will. is that he reigns, his reign towers over all the nations. It says, Yahweh is great in Zion. The word great speaks of that which is significant, that which is transcendent, exceptional, majesty. You really can't get a grip around how transcendent this God really is. There's no one in all the world that is great above all the nations. And you see that here, not only great in Zion, there in Jerusalem, which is the chosen worship center of God, a themed place in scripture and really has some eschatological implications, implications of what will come in the end times when Christ will return and reign from Zion. But He's also exalted above all the peoples. As one writer put it, Yahweh's reign does not have a regional jurisdiction, but is exalted over all kingdoms and empires of men. Isaiah 40 and verse 15 says, Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket and regarded as a speck of dust on the scales. Look at Psalm 113 for a moment. Just to highlight the holiness and the preeminence of the sovereignty Just in verses 4 through 6, it's a call to praise Yahweh for His greatness here. And it says in verse 4, Yahweh is high above all nations. His glory is above the heavens. Who is like Yahweh our God, who is enthroned on high, who humbles Himself to behold the things that are in heaven and in the earth? He transcends all nations, add up all nations together, and the greatness that could be if all nations worked together and came together, He's above them all. And He's so great, notice in verse six, who humbles himself to behold, that word behold literally speaks of just taking a glance at. It's an act of humility for God simply to take a glance at all of His creation, whether it be in heaven or on earth. That's how transcendent He is. He's unequal, unmatched, unrivaled. And so the invitation back in Psalm 99 sounds forth unto all the world, let them praise your great and awesome name. God is too great for just one nation, though He chose the nation of Israel and used them to make His glory known in the way that He would do His great wonders in and through them. But it was so that they would shine a light to all nations, so that all nations would gaze upon this sovereign king who is worthy of worship from the whole world. And that is the preeminence of our sovereign king. Notice also there in verse 3, Let them praise your great and awesome name, It's talking about Yahweh in verses one through two. Here in verse three, he directly addresses him. Let them praise your great and awesome name. You get a picture of the holiness of God that he is absolutely transcended above all, and at the same time, he's imminent, he's near, he's close. You can address him personally. One passage of scripture that really illustrates exactly what we see in these first three verses is in Isaiah chapter 6, when Isaiah is called by Yahweh to go and be a prophet to the nation of Israel. And in Isaiah chapter 6, you have this context, in verse 1 it says, in the year of King Uzziah's death, that is, in a transitional year. The king has come and the king has gone. They are facing an uncertainty here. Who's next? What is his reign going to be like? And there, though their king was dead, he says, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne. That king had come and gone, but the king is still on his throne. Lofty and exalted with the train of his robe filling the temple. Sproul talks about the train of his robe really speaking to really just the hymn. The king's significance could be put on display by the length of his robe. And this is saying that just the hymn of it, just the bottom part of the robe fills the temple. Seraphim stood above him, each having six wings, with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew, and one called out to another and said, notice three times, holy, holy, holy is Yahweh of hosts. The whole earth is full of his glory. So this Yahweh, all caps there in verse three, is the Lord Adonai sitting on his throne, the sovereign one. and the foundations of the thresholds trembled at the voice of him who called out while the temple was filling with smoke. Notice what Isaiah does, then I said, woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, for my eyes have seen the king, Yahweh of hosts. That really is at least in part the type of response we should have when we consider who Yahweh is. There's a humility there. There's a submission there. And it's amazing here, the best thing that Isaiah had was his lips. He was gonna be a prophet for the king and he says, my lips are ruined. When he considered the holiness of God, all he could see is that he was utterly ruined in sin. And that is the reality for us. That is the reality for the nations. And what we need is, just like we see in verse 6, Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal in his hand, which he had taken from the altar with tongs. He touched my mouth with it and said, Behold, this has touched your lips, and your iniquity is taken away, and your sin is forgiven. We need pardon from this preeminent king. This is the preeminence of God's sovereignty. Number two, notice the prevailing righteousness of the holy king. The prevailing righteousness of the holy king. Verses four through five, back in Psalm 99, the strength of the king loves justice. You have established equity. You have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob. Exalt Yahweh our God and worship at His footstool. Holy is He. You see, not only is Yahweh's reign absolutely sovereign, transcending all borders, you can know that everything He does as King is perfectly right. Beginning of verse four says, the strength of the king loves justice. When you read that phrase, maybe it leaves you a little bit confused. It's actually really difficult to translate as well, but my best understanding is that true strength or might of a king is demonstrated in his love and execution of what is right. You want a strong leader? You want a strong king? Let him stand for that which is right. And so when it comes to Yahweh, he loves that which is right because he himself is righteous. Psalm 11 verse 7 says, for Yahweh is righteous. He loves righteousness. In other words, this king is strong because he is just. Righteousness characterizes his holy reign. And justice here literally speaks of that which is due someone in a legal case. In other words, that which is right, the right decision or judgment made in any matter. The psalmist explains it further there in verse 4, what this justice looks like. You've established equity. Again, notice the personal language towards God now. Not only holy is He, but you, you have established equity. And equity is that, to establish something is to set a solid order. He set a solid order among His people. You see, you have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob. Justice there is that which is fair. Equity is that which is fair, impartial, straightforward, dealing. When it comes to God's rule, nothing is out of order, nothing is skewed. That really puts things into perspective, doesn't it, as we come upon this new election campaign in our country? We don't know who's gonna win the race, but we do know this, that God is sovereign over it. That's our trust. And God is no respecter of persons. His justice will stand. There may be a time when God and His patience allows much sin to take place, but one day everyone will be brought under His judgment, as was read for us in Revelation chapter 20. And His righteous justice will prevail. He will make all things right. This is the spiritual reality now in this passage and even in our time now. Yahweh is on His throne and one day it will be the physical reality. When Yahweh, that is Jesus Christ, as John would reference in John chapter 12, takes His seat upon His holy hill literally. for a thousand years, and then ushers it into eternity. Listen, whatever God would choose to do in His sovereign prerogative is always right. At a cosmic level, universal level, and even in your own life, whatever you might be facing, Whatever difficulty that might be in your life on an individual level, your battle against sin, the trials that we face, the loss of loved ones, the difficulty that you are experiencing even as a church body, all of that still sits under the sovereign prerogative and control of this holy and righteous King. And He knows exactly what tomorrow looks like for Grace Bible Church. And so for a God this holy, this lofty, this perfect in righteousness, what kind of worship are we to give Him? Well, it tells us there in verse 5, Exalt Yahweh our God and worship at His footstool. Exalt The idea is praise and lift up. It speaks of holding in high regard. High praise for a high God. It's not something that we approach flippantly. It's not something that we trifle with. Yes, we can laugh and have a good time and enjoy one another and the fellowship that we have, but there still is a very serious and sober reality when it comes to worshiping this King. It's not just come as you are and worship as you want. Oh yeah, you can't cleanse yourself and then come and worship God. No, you need the cleansing to be from God. And so in that sense, there's nothing you can do for yourself. You need Him. But we don't come to worship in the way we want to, unless our want to is aligned with God's will and God's word. We come with a holy trepidation. And yet, though He is transcendent and there is a real sobering sense about worship, it's also truly intimate and personal. It's Yahweh, our God. Yes, this is speaking for the nation of Israel. But this is our God, the God of this book. We can come to Him and, as was prayed earlier, call Him Abba, Father. We can know Him personally, not fully. We can't comprehend everything, but truly. And so we can worship Him in a true personal and individual corporate way. And he says, not only exalt Yahweh our God and worship at his footstool, worship literally is to lay face down before someone. This was a common practice demonstrating submission and worship, especially in the presence of a king. It's a humble worship, submissive recognition of the one who is an authority over your life. The word picture is clear. We come bowed before the king. It's true worship. And is this not a rightful position of God's people, face down before the Lord? Where's your heart before the Lord today? How have you approached this time of worship? Have you come with a humble heart, ready to receive instruction from the sovereign King? Are you here because you want to exalt high the name of God? But what's the disposition of your soul this morning? One of my favorite things that takes place week after week in a time of worshiping with the people of God is the opportunity to hear the Word of God and recognize, oh man, there's so much in my life that still needs work. And so we have this privilege of seeing the greatness of God and His holiness and it kind of shines a dark light on us and exposes what's really in our hearts. And yet He gives us the privilege to then deal with that sin and align our hearts to His holy will and live in obedience to Him. That's the joy of hearing from the Word of God. Footstool here, the footstool of God and His holy hill are equated as you see in verse 9, worship at His holy hill. Verse 5, worship at His footstool. The king of Israel had a footstool accompanying the throne. Solomon's footstool was made of six golden steps, which was truly splendid in its own right. But God's footstool was the entire mountain of Zion, which overlooked all of Israel. And you can see in other passages, like Isaiah 66, that the whole earth is his footstool. Why? Well, it's who he is. He is holy. He's the unrivaled King. There's no one like Him. And so He's worthy of this high praise. Well, a third distinctive that we find in this passage of this Holy King is not only His preeminent sovereignty and His prevailing righteousness, but also, notice with me, the personal favor of the Holy King. the personal favor. Now here is the hope that though this holy king is absolutely sovereign, and he's transcendent, and he's righteous, and will hold all people accountable to his righteous standard, he is also eternally gracious. This same God who exacts justice, offers and provides inexhaustible forgiveness. Though God is holy and sovereign and does whatever He pleases, as Psalm 115 verse 3 says, He is a good God who always does that which is in your best interest. Think of struggling in this life and the difficulties that we face, we don't normally question the sovereignty of God. We know that God is in charge. But a lot of times, and maybe we won't say it like this, but our struggle comes with trusting that He's also good. You know, we walk through difficult things. really hard things that we face. I mean, look at Job's life, and you wonder, if God took every, well, Satan took everything from the man, but it was God who told Satan, have you considered my servant Job? Is God still good? When you face the loss of a loved one, or the fear of things like cancer, Is God still good when we go through difficult seasons of life? Well I assure you, those things that you're facing flow right out of His goodness. Psalm 119. And verses 65 through 72, obviously we don't have time to unravel all of them, but just to step out of our Psalm 99 for just a moment, and I want you to see how sovereign God is and his providence working in individual lives. Verses 65 through 72 highlight the affliction that this mature believer faced. And before he talks about all of that affliction, his disposition of life is stated in verse 65 at the beginning, you have dealt well with your slave. You have dealt well with your slave. How could he say that amidst such affliction? He says, you have dealt well with your servant, O Yahweh, according to your word. He says, teach me good discernment and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments. Now look at this, verse 67. Before I was afflicted, I went astray, but now I keep your word. In other words, the affliction that was brought into my life, the affliction that I faced, steered me in the right direction. It made me pause for a moment and consider that this life is not really in my own hands. I don't really control what happens tomorrow. I'm not in charge of everything that goes on. Yes, I must make decisions. Yes, I must plan for the future. But only God knows tomorrow. And he says that affliction corrected me. And isn't that the case? You know, we ask God to grow us, and to change us, and to make us more like Christ, and then something hard happens in our life, and we're like, well, if it's in that way, not exactly that way, God. I was just hoping that maybe you would zap me, or I'd have good devotions this morning, and read, you know, just the greatness of God, and then all of a sudden be ready to worship you in perfect devotion. But the reality is we need God to scrape off the rough edges of our lives. And He does that through the fire of affliction. But notice this. So before I was afflicted, I went astray. Verse 68. You are good and do good. That does not change. That is matter of fact. Just like God is holy, He is good. Just like God is merciful, He is love. He is good. You are good and do good, teach me your statutes. The arrogant have forged a lie against me with all my heart. I will observe your precepts. Their heart is covered with fat, but I delight in your law. Look at this. Verse 71, it is good for me that I was afflicted, that I may learn your statutes. Same word, good. Our afflictions. flow from the very goodness of God. It's not cliche to quote Romans 8 28 and say God works all things together for the good of those who love him who are called according to his purpose because we know that good isn't just an easy life or comforts in this life or happy healthy whole life. We'll have that someday in heaven with our Savior. but that our good now is to become like Christ. And you would see that in Romans 29, that we would be conformed to His image so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren, that we would have a greater view of Him because we're more like Him. So those afflictions make you more like Christ. And that is good. And how often is that the testimony of your own life? Man, that was hard. But look at what God has done in my life. Look at the way He has shaped me and changed me and broken me and humbled me and helped me to have a more loving focus upon Him. You see this God who causes terror among the nations. This God who raises up kings and tears them down, this God who is holy and transcended is also imminent. He's close and he's near and he's gracious and personally involved in the lives of his people. We see that back in Psalm 99. God's personal favor is shown in several ways here. Briefly, verses six through nine. Moses and Aaron were among his priests and Samuel was among those who called on his name. They called upon Yahweh and he answered them. You can see here personal names. I mean think about the way God in his perfect immutability and complete transcendence interacted with Moses. It's astounding relationship. So personally acquainted with all of His ways, Moses and Aaron and Samuel, who would call upon His name. Often, their calling upon the name of Yahweh was to ask God to save the people of Israel. I know they sinned against you, God, but please have mercy upon them. And how over and over and over God heard their prayer. Not only that, He gave personal instruction. The same God who is on His throne stooped so graciously to individuals, and He gave personal instruction to them. Verse 7, He spoke to them in the pillar of a cloud, directing them along the way. And then they kept His testimonies in the statute that He gave them. God has given us His word. This is the greatest treasure you have in this world. It's God's self-revelation to his people. It helps us understand life rightly. And this is our God to speak to us. Verse eight as well. Notice how there's this pause from verse 7 into verse 8, and now he speaks in a direct address to Yahweh. What he's about to express about God has gripped this psalmist's soul. Yahweh our God you answered them again you were a forgiving God to them and yet an avenger of their evil deeds this answering came in the form of forgiveness see this is our hope how could we ever come to such a high and lofty righteous King who's perfectly holy as sinners like us, only through His gracious pardon. And we can see on this side of the cross that God in His kindness met us where we were as sinners. He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, who was born of the Virgin Mary. He lived the perfect sinless life that you and I could not live. He died in the place of sinners like you and me. He was buried and rose again on the third day, conquering sin, conquering death, and has ascended to the right hand of the throne of the Father where He makes intercession for His people. This God provided the way of escape for us to pardon our sin through Jesus Christ. Think about the one who stepped off his throne in heaven just as a word picture so to speak. He's the one that it was an act of humility for him to even look at his creation. You can't out sin. the forgiveness of God. That doesn't cause us to be flippant or say, well, I guess I can do whatever I want because he's going to forgive me. We know that's not the heart of a truly forgiven person. But I will tell you this, whatever it might be that at times you hold on to, no matter how wicked of a sin you may have committed, And maybe you're here this morning. See, I don't know you, so I don't know which of you are here all the time and which of you are visiting. You may not know this God. And you may have never experienced His forgiveness. Well, I'm here to tell you His forgiveness is greater than all of your sin. You can come to Him and trust that He's gonna do everything absolutely right and that rightness is gonna be forgiving you on the basis of Jesus Christ who came and fulfilled all of His holy demands. The personal favor of the King. And yet, There still are consequences for our choices, is there not? He says at the end of verse 8, "...and yet an avenger of their evil deeds." A great illustration of this is Moses, who led the nation of Israel out of Egypt into the promised land, or just before the promised land. And in one act of sin, out of anger towards the people. He strikes the rock twice instead of speaking to it and God says, you have forfeited your right to finish the task. Was he unforgiven? No. When you get to the New Testament and you see Jesus there on the Mount of Transfiguration, who's there? Moses. True forgiveness. But God disciplined him because he loves him. And we experience that same thing. It's for our holiness, it's so that we can one day see the Lord. Praise God for his personal favor towards us. Well, there's nothing left but to say from verse nine, exalt Yahweh our God and worship at his holy hill, for holy is Yahweh our God. There's no one like this God. So terrifying and yet tender. So Grace Bible Church, as you face this transitional time together, remember that this holy king is on his throne. So worship him. Don't stop doing what you're doing, continue to be faithful, worship him. Remember that this holy king is righteous in all he does, so trust him. Keep on trusting Him. He's never done anything of harm to you. And remember that this Holy King is gracious, so delight in Him, in Him alone. Father, thank you for the privilege that it is to encounter such a truth from your word, that you would let us peel back just a bit of the veil of your glory, oh God, and see there's no king like you. May we appropriate our lives in relation to this truth. In Jesus' name, amen.