Psalms 93 – 95
Verse 93:4 describes the power of God:
Mightier than the thunders of many waters,
mightier than the waves of the sea,
the LORD on high is mighty!
This I feel is obvious since if God is in everything, he is in the most powerful force in the universe. We try to limit God by comparing his power to waves that one can surf and harness. But if you think about how many waves have crashed on your body while swimming in the ocean, and yet nothing happens. At the same time the beach has rock cliffs that have been eroded away by these same “harmless” waves. The only time the waves hurt is if you try to act against them, like the cliffs or a person fighting the flow. In each case the wave will win.
Like waves, you “flow” with God and His immense power can be used positively. I have found the times I fight God, the waves that were compliant start pounding my life.
Verse 94:12 is how you respond to the “pounding” one gets from fighting God:
Blessed is the man whom you discipline, O LORD,
and whom you teach out of your law.
I read this and realize I am “blessed” … really “blessed” … way more “blessed” than I want to be. All joking aside, one needs to embrace God’s discipline if for anything else it tells us He cares. Why would a God of the universe care about making sure this little spec on a dot of a planet? I can’t answer that, but know He does care about each individual which is really mind blowing. You think about infinity and how huge that is, then think of how insignificant we are to infinity, especially when you apply it to time and space.
As insignificant we are in relation to time and space, God of all takes the time to nudge us and correct us into a relationship with Him. All tapping into this is to grab a board and paddle out!
Verse 95:1 is proof that God loves us as we are:
Oh come, let us sing to the LORD;
let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!
Those who have to bear with my singing at church know that the noise that comes from me must be joyful, because I am smiling and think it’s good! I think that is one aspect we miss from organized churches and that’s the “joyful noise” we make in song and worship. Often we look for more and more substance, yet that needs to come from places outside the pulpit. Really church needs to be a tune up so you can discover God the rest of the week.
If we decide to figure that out on Sunday, often the message from the pulpit is all we can handle since our spiritual growth is stifled. You feed a baby once a week; if they don’t die their growth will be stunted. Same with your relationship with God, the Sunday only relational time will limit one’s connection and growth. The key is to use Sunday as a tune up, that way if you miss a weekend or two, you still are growing in Christ.