12/09/2026
REVERENCE OVER RHETORIC!
Approaching God must be done with reverence and awe. When the preacher made this point in Ecclesiates 5:2, he gave a very profound reason for the counsel. To him, it is because “God is in heaven and you are on earth,”. (v. 2b). This is to clearly indicate that our relationship with God should not be treated casually. We need to always remember the vast difference between the Creator and the creature.
Though it is undeniable that God invites us into intimate fellowship with Him, His nearness should never lead us to lose our sense of awe. Prayer is not a competition to see how many words we can say or how spiritual we are. It is a conversation with an awesome God. In the same vein, worship is not a place for careless or empty expressions. God values sincerity more than verbosity and reverence more than rhetoric. – Josiah B. Andor, PhD.
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