APRIL 11, 2014
“Isn’t
God Powerful!”
Read: Psalm
29
Give unto the Lord the glory due to His name. —Psalm 29:2
One day, my 3-year-old
granddaughter Katie surprised her mom and dad with a bit of theological
expertise. She said to them, “You both had sisters who died. Then God took them
up to heaven to be with Him. Isn’t God powerful!”
God’s immense power is
a mystery, yet it is simple enough for a child to understand. In Katie’s young
way of thinking, she knew that for God to do something so miraculous, it would
mean that He is powerful. Without understanding all the details, she knew that
God did something wonderful by taking her two aunts to heaven.
How often do we sit
back in our more sophisticated world and marvel: “Isn’t God powerful”? Probably
not often enough. We can’t know how God spun the worlds into existence with His
voice (Job 38–39; Ps. 33:9; Heb. 11:3), nor can we know how He maintains
control of them (Neh. 9:6). We can’t know how He planned and fulfilled the
incarnation of Jesus, nor can we understand how He can make Christ’s sacrifice
sufficient for our salvation. But we know these things are true.
The power of God:
immeasurable in its wonder yet clear enough for us to understand. It’s yet
another reason to praise Him.
Everything God does is
marked with simplicity and power. —Tertullian
Insight
Psalm 29 is a graphic
celebration of the strength of the Lord. Each of the elements on which the
voice of the Lord is said to have an effect was a recognized symbol of strength
in the ancient world, and the voice of the Lord shakes these elements with ease.
But the beginning and the end of the psalm talk about the strength of people.
In verse 1, the “mighty ones” are to give glory and strength to the Lord. And
verse 11 gives the source of that strength, God Himself. What God gives us, we
are to offer back to Him.
Source:
Our Daily Bread 2012
