Psalm 29 ~ The Lord Will Bless

Lightning is not really understood. Even less understood is the lightning a volcano generates. There is One who understands it well.


Psalm 29

1 Ascribe to the Lord, O heavenly beings,[sons of God, or sons of might]
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.[in holy attire]

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, [makes the oaks to shake]
and in his temple all cry, “Glory!”

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 [The Lord will give . . . The Lord will bless]
his people with peace!

Job 37:2-4
2 Listen! Listen to the roar of his voice,
to the rumbling that comes from his mouth.

3 He unleashes his lightning beneath the whole heaven
and sends it to the ends of the earth.

4 After that comes the sound of his roar;
he thunders with his majestic voice.
When his voice resounds,
he holds nothing back.


John 12:29-31
29 The crowd that stood there and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, "An angel has spoken to him." 30 Jesus answered, "This voice has come for your sake, not mine. 31 Now is the judgment of this world; now will the ruler of this world be cast out.

This Psalm has all the poetry & beauty Jesus gave us in the parables with His picture language. Haven't we all lived through at least one storm where the thrashing of the storm echoes our mood? Yet even more powerful is the message of God's voice.

Isaiah 55:11
so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth;
it shall not return to me empty,
but it shall accomplish that which I purpose,
and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.

What is God's Voice and how shall we recognize it?

~ The Voice of God is in His Word -expounding in detail our preparation for the Kingdom of God.

~ The Voice of God is in His creation - it speaks of His existence.

~ The Voice of God is in His prophets and apostles.

~ The Voice of God is in His ministry—only in agreement with the Voice of His Word.

God's Word goes forward in Psalm 29. It is a picture we can hold easily in our thoughts. God sends the storm, God is with us in the storm, and God's blessing is in the peace ... that will come.

Father God, Your Word blesses me today with the picture images. Your Word blesses me today in its strength. Your Word blesses me today in Your holiness. Your Word blesses me today in the beauty of Your promise. Thank You, Father God, for Your Word and Your Word made flesh who lives in beauty and truth and chose to dwell among us - Jesus Christ. Amen.

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