Give ear, O heavens, and let me speak;
And let the earth hear the words of my mouth.
For I proclaim the name of the LORD;
Ascribe greatness to our God!
The Rock! His work is perfect,
For all His ways are just;
A God of faithfulness and without injustice,
Righteous and upright is He. Deut 32:1,3-4 Moses song.
Dearest Sisters,
Can you imagine being in a place where everything says, “Glory”? Some day we will bow before the throne of the Lamb and cry “Glory”.
"Worthy is the Lamb that was slain.... And every created thing which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all things in them, I heard saying, "To Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, be blessing and honor and glory and dominion forever and ever."
Rev 5:12a&13
We will be there. Hear me and let it lift your spirit heavenward. YOU will be there! All the storms of life are over having lost all power to inflict. (if you are 'in' Christ, having repented of sin, believing He died to pay the penalty for your sin. You receive this gift of eternal life when you invite Christ Jesus to live in you and forgive you).
Psalm 29 has not let go of my heart but day after day has continued to buoy me. I must not wait until heaven to ascribe to Him glory and strength, the glory due His name! Praise, to the glory of His name is explicit revelation of 'who' He is and true worship reflects this back to Him.
Ascribe to the LORD the glory due to His name...
And in His temple everything says, "Glory!" Ps 29
To Ascribe, Attribute, Impute. Attribute denotes, 1. To refer some quality or attribute to a being; as, to attribute power to God. 2. To refer something to its cause or source;
When earthly storms are raging with intensity of wind and pounding rain, my ears are deafened to another's voice. This is an analogy of our spiritual storms and I take warning that I must not lose the sound of His voice; often being a still small voice.
And a great and strong wind was rending the mountains and breaking in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind. And after the wind an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice.
I Kings 19:11-12
Psalm 29 describes a storm and the voice of the Lord which is not a 'still small' voice! Read the verses and let them speak.
The voice of the LORD is powerful,
The voice of the LORD is majestic (vs 4)
It gives me the shivers as it goes on to say His voice shakes, thunders, breaks, strips, and think of an earthquake making mountains skip, Lebanon buck like a calf and Mount Hermon leap like a wild ox. Vs 6 NLT What would we be feeling, besides the ground shaking, if we were standing at the base of Mt Hermon? Fear?
I ask again: What will it be like to gather before this Holy God on His throne and shout 'glory'?
Psalm 29 ends with our King sitting; reigning as King. He, who allows the storm and rules the storm and times the storm, gives strength and peace to His children. What greater gifts would we want or need to face our storms?
“Struggle yourself and be trapped; rest in Him and be free!" MS
"Many Christians keep themselves in a perpetual foment through hoping they will get into a situation where they can enjoy a better (and easier) Christian life. They feel enclosed in a net of circumstances from which they cannot escape. They are so wearied and baffled and beaten by the continuous pressure about them that they wish and itch for things to be different, quite sure that if they were only different Christ would be more real. It has not dawned upon them that at the heart of these very circumstances they are to find the Lord Jesus, find His grace sufficient, find the life more abundant." -L.E.M.
Abba, You who reign over the storms of life, Compassionate One, Keeper of our hearts, thank You there is not one storm we need ever face in our own strength. Examine our hearts and reveal where I may be harboring fear and resentment. Thank You for showing me where I struggle in my flesh to improve in me what You have condemned and my resulting disgust and despair are just a feeble echo of Yours! I am so thankful You are not looking for any good in me! The Lord Jesus is before You, completely acceptable to You and You have placed me in Christ. I long for all my sisters to taste the deep joy of our being in Christ; accepting our nothingness, released to rest in Your geat Love. Teach us to sing like Moses! Lord I pray in the Holy Name of the Lamb who was slain.
Listening for His voice in the storm...az
