The Psalmist
mentions twice, “Holy is He!” What
makes God different from His creation and His created order is the fact that He
alone is Holy. We live in a fallen world, outside of Eden. Because He is Holy,
God is unique, totally unlike anything else that has been made.
How then is
God’s name kept Holy? Luther would remind us in the explanation to the First
Petition of the Lord’s Prayer, “God’s name is kept holy when the Word of God is
taught in his truth and purity, and we, as the children of God, also lead holy
lives according to it.” To this we simply pray, “Help us to do this dear Father in heaven!”
Luther goes
on to explain, “But anyone who teaches or lives contrary to God’s Word profanes
the name of God among us.” To this we simply pray, “Protect us from this, heavenly Father!”[1]
Hymn: Swiftly Pass the Clouds of Glory (Lutheran Service Book 416:1)
Swiftly pass the clouds of glory,
Heav-en’s voice the dazzling light;
Moses and Elijah vanish;
Christ alone commands the height!
Peter, James, and John fall silent,
Turning from the summit’s rise
Downward toward the shadowed valley
Where their Lord has fixed His eyes.
Almighty and everlasting God, who
governs all things in heaven and on earth, mercifully hear the prayers of Your
people and grant us Your peace through all our days; through Jesus Christ, Your
Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now
and forever.[2]
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