Monday, January 27, 2014
Through The Storm
Where I live the weather is bad enough today that they closed all the roads and we are not allowed to travel. As I write this looking out my window it occurs to me that life can have stormy times, even when the weather is good. The challenge for us as believers is to hold on to God in these times and believe that He will deliver us. We can be encouraged if we take time to think of who God is because when we meditate on that, we come to realize just how big and powerful He is. What seems impossible to us is a small thing to the all powerful God of the universe, right? This morning I read a few scriptures that helped me remember just how majestic our God is.
Psalms 29:1 Give unto the Lord, O ye mighty, give unto the Lord glory and strength.
2 Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.
3 The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the Lord is upon 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 breaketh the cedars; yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.
6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.
7 The voice of the Lord divideth the flames of fire.
8 The voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness; the Lord shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.
9 The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.
10 The Lord sitteth upon the flood; yea, the Lord sitteth King for ever.
11 The Lord will give strength unto his people; the Lord will bless his people with peace.
This portrays God as bigger than everything else. The one verse that really stuck out to me was verse ten where it says God sits upon the flood. Having been in a flood once when I was a teenager, I remember how powerful and somewhat scary that was. But our God sits on that and rides it like it was nothing! That is more powerful than i can imagine. If we can just try to think of God like that, then we can know that God will deliver us from any trouble we may have.
Prayer
Father, we praise You, our Mighty King. You are above all and over all. We are excited that You care for us, and that You love us, and that you have our back. Come deliver Your people today Father. Don’t let the evil of this world overcome Your people. Please come and crush the darkness today Father. Provide for Your people what is needed today. And we praise You for that provision and deliverance. In Jesus’ (Yeshua’s) name. Amen.