Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Step By Step
Today as I was looking into the wintery clad forest outside my window, I was thinking about the process we go through as we build each other up and as God builds us up. Building requires a sturdy foundation and the willingness to lay one stone upon another, one timber upon another, until the work is done. It is a steady and long process if the building is to be of any size and to endure the elements. We see this same building process over and over again in the scriptures.
Psalms 104:1 Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.
2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:
4 Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
6 Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.
In the beginning of Psalms 104 the psalmist is praising God. Ultimately he gets to describing how God uses the water, and sets its bounds. Almost the entire rest of this Psalm refers to the impact of this control over the water. This is something I had not seen until this morning. However, the psalmist is revealing the building process. He is showing how there is a steady progression of life, all based upon God controlling the water. In the end, he praises God for the victory that comes as a result. This is one more example of how when we praise God we are actually declaring that He was the One that created everything, and everything belongs to God!
Prayer
Father, we praise and exalt You. You alone are our King. Thank You for the victory You have for us in life that comes from You as the Creator of all life and the universe. Please release today the healing, the deliverance, and the provisions Your people need, in a mighty way. In Jesus’ (Yeshua’s) name. Amen.