Remember God's Awesomeness
Has God done something in your past, and it was obvious He did it? God is a remarkable and awesome God. Set down markers for the great things He has done, so you don’t forget.
In the case of the Israelites, remember they wandered around in the wilderness for 40 years, waiting until God indicated it was time to enter the promised land? Most of the Israelites ended up on the west side of the Jordon River, but 2 ½ tribes acquired cities on the east side. Some of them ended up in the walled, completely finished and filled city of Bashan. To get it, God helped them defeat the last of the giants, Og, king of Bashan (see Deut. 3).
The city was remarkable, not just because it was finished with fences, high walls, gates, and already filled with cattle and other goods. It was a city where God dwelled with them. It’s not enough to have a lot of stuff. It’s better to be where God is clearly with you. For the Israelites, they had stuff and God’s presence. Read David’s praise in Psa 68:15-17 The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of Bashan. (16) Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever. (17) The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.
Remember another hill where God made His presence known? It was Mount Sinai. That’s where Moses went up and received the 10 commandments.
Well, there’s a place where we will find God that is awesome, and it will be fully revealed in the future. Psalm 68 is a prophetic Psalm, so it covers not only the past, but brings us into the future. There is a place with the chariots of God and thousands and thousands of angels. It is as sure as the city of Bashan of the past. Catch a glimpse: Rev 5:11-13 And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; (12) Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing. (13) And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
Set down markers for your past, but know, there is an incredible future, and you want to make sure you are ready to face it.