What a wonderful verse in Psalm 5 verse 7. “But as for me, by Your abundant graciousness I will enter Your house, at Your holy temple I will bow in reverence for You”. What a clear picture of true worship, “bowing in reverence for You”. We hear very little about reverence for the Lord these days. These are the days of His grace. Since Jesus came and made the way for sinners, God’s grace has been extended to all who will repent and come to him. Because of His abundant graciousness, we are able to come before Him and obtain mercy. His mercy allows us entrance into His holy temple, where out of thankful hearts, we are able to bow in reverence for Him.
Not so for the unbeliever. When the age of grace ends, and Jesus returns to judge the earth, those who did not turn to Him during this age of grace, will be forced to honor Him. And out of fear and terror, “every knee will bow, and every tongue confess, that Jesus Christ is Lord”. Phil 2:11 The terror will overtake unsaved people when they realize they were wrong about life, about Jesus and about how they chose to live their lives. When He returns, they will draw back and fall to the ground in fear, as we saw in John 18:4-6 “Jesus therefore, knowing all the things that were coming upon Him, came out into the open and said to them, “Whom are you seeking?” They answered Him, “Jesus the Nazarene.” He said to them, “I am He.” And Judas also, who was betraying Him, was standing with them. Now then, when He said to them, “I am He,” they drew back and fell to the ground”. Even when Peter, James and John were on the mount of transfiguration, when they heard God’s voice, “they fell face down to the ground and were terrified” Matt 17:6. This will happen in the end to unbelievers, probably believers too.
The unsaved will be forced to worship God, forced to bow! In terror will they bow. To bow is to worship. And when they look upon Him, they will utter praises from their mouths. As in 1 Kings 18:38, when “the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the burnt offering and the wood, and the stones and the dust; and it licked up the water that was in the trench. When all the people saw this, they fell on their faces; and they said, “The LORD, He is God; the LORD, He is God!”. This praise, this proclamation, will be on the lips of all creation. We who have already received His grace, proclaim it now, “The Lord He is God, the Lord he is God”!!! By His abundant graciousness, we will enter His house, at His holy temple, we will bow in reverence for Him.
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