WE
MUST RECOGNIZE THE POWER AND HOLINESS OF GOD
Psalm
29
1
Ascribe to the Lord, O heavenly beings,
ascribe
to the Lord glory and strength.
2 Ascribe
to the Lord the glory due his name;
worship
the Lord in the splendor of holiness.
What
a wonderful psalm of praise! David begins with the angelic beings’ praise of
the Lord. These heavenly creatures recognize the glory and the strength of God.
They are in His presence, where His glory shines. His power is displayed, as He
rules over the earth and sustains it with His strength.
In
His presence, His character is magnified. His holiness is clearly proclaimed,
and all the created heavenly beings can do is worship.
We
all remember the reaction that Isaiah had, when he saw the angels worshiping
God.
Isaiah
6:1-4
In the year that King Uzziah died
I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the
train of his robe filled the temple. Above him stood the seraphim.
Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered
his feet, and with two he flew. And one called to another and said:
“Holy, holy,
holy is the Lord of hosts;
the whole
earth is full of his glory!”
And the foundations of the
thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled
with smoke.
Isaiah
was impacted with the holiness and majesty of the Lord.
This
psalm cannot leave us indifferent, as we stop and meditate on the holiness and
majesty of God.
Not
only do the angelic beings worship the Lord, but the whole creation proclaims
the powerful majesty of God’s sovereign voice.
3 The
voice of the Lord is over the waters;
the
God of glory thunders,
the Lord,
over many waters.
4 The
voice of the Lord is powerful;
the
voice of the Lord is full of majesty.
5 The
voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;
the Lord breaks the
cedars of Lebanon.
6 He
makes Lebanon to skip like a calf,
and Sirion
like a young wild ox.
7 The
voice of the Lord flashes forth flames of fire.
8 The
voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness;
the Lord shakes
the wilderness of Kadesh.
9 The
voice of the Lord makes the deer give birth
and
strips the forests bare,
and
in his temple all cry, “Glory!”
God’s power is displayed in every
event of nature.
His voice rules with total control over every storm, every cataclysm, every clap
of thunder, and every birth. Nature screams God’s glory and majesty.
It
is so sad that man calls the majesty of God in the natural creation, “mother
nature”, or refers to “acts of nature” in our insurance policies, as if nature
had a mind and power of its own. Man has suppressed the truth about God
expressed by nature.
Every
earthquake, every tornado, every tsunami, every most terrifying event in nature
is following the command of the God of creation.
The
power and holiness of God in heaven caused Isaiah to worship and to see himself
as a finite, sinful being. The display of nature, according to God, is
sufficient to condemn every man who does not worship the evident Creator.
Romans
1:18-21
For the wrath of God is
revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by
their unrighteousness suppress the truth. For what can be known about
God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible
attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly
perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have
been made. So they are without excuse. For although they knew God, they
did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in
their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.
Every man must recognize the power and
holiness of God.
10 The Lord sits
enthroned over the flood;
the Lord sits
enthroned as king forever.
11 May
the Lord give strength to his people!
May
the Lord bless his people with peace!
The
Lord is the King of every person; He rules forever, and expects man to worship
him.
As
we read this psalm and are confronted with realities we know: that God is in
heaven, a holy and perfect place, and that He reigns sovereignly over all, how
do these truths affect our everyday lives?
Do we live in continuous amazement and
worship?
Are we humbled by His careful supervision?
Are we secure in the
awareness of His character?
Are we peacefully trusting in His power?
Are we
joyfully embraced by His enduring love?
Are we living lives that proclaim the
sovereignty of the almighty God?
If
these are not our reactions, we should ask ourselves what is wrong. Have we allowed
the cares of this world to distract us? Have we allowed our sinful desires to
overshadow the will of God? Are we caught up in worldly endeavors, with no
eternal perspective?
David
ended the psalm with a prayer for the strength and blessing of God’s people.
May this be our prayer, today!
May our knees be bowed in reverential
worship at all times.
Romans
14:11-12
for
it is written,
“As
I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me,
and
every tongue shall confess to God.”
So
then each of us will give an account of himself to God.
Let’s
do it faithfully, because God will hold us accountable for our testimonies
about Him!
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