Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Beauty In The Building
Today as I sit with my coffee looking out my kitchen window, there is a light snowfall. The flakes are very large. It reminds me of the glass balls we had as kids with snow scenes in them that we could swirl around. It has been a long winter, but somehow today seems different. Over time it is becoming easier for me to “see” the world as God’s creation, something that He is actively involved in overseeing at every moment. Somehow that is changing me. I found a part of that answer in the Psalms today.
Psalms 93:1 The Lord reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the Lord is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.
2 Thy throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting.
3 The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.
4 The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.
5 Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O Lord, for ever.
Here the psalmist is pointing out at the beginning of this psalm that God is very big and cannot be moved. He compares God to the waters and says they a very small compared to God. It is what is said at the end that I really started to understand for the first time this morning. The last verse could also be translated “Your words are very building and holiness makes Your family beautiful forever.” The things God has said are there to build us up, because He is bigger than anything and has the power to make things happen. When He says something, the entire universe does as He commands. And He has given us blessing upon blessing through the blood of His Son, Jesus. Now that is truly exciting if we can grab a hold of it!
Prayer
Father, we praise and exalt You. You are our King. You created everything, and all things do as You command. We ask today Father that you forgive us our wrongs. We ask that You send us deliverance, and healing, and provision today in a powerful way that all men might know that You alone are God. In Jesus’ (Yeshua’s) name. Amen.