SPIRITUAL
DIARY FOR 1/20/2012 8:47:18 AM
My Worship Time Focus: “God’s Glory”
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference:
Psalm 29:1-11
Message
of the verses: “1 A Psalm of David: Ascribe to the LORD, O
sons of the mighty, Ascribe
to the LORD glory and strength. 2 Ascribe to the LORD the glory due to His name; Worship the LORD in holy
array. 3 The voice
of the LORD is upon the waters; The God of glory thunders, The LORD is over
many waters. 4 The voice
of the LORD is powerful; The
voice of the LORD is majestic. 5 The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars; Yes, the
LORD breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon. 6 He makes Lebanon skip like a
calf, And Sirion like a young wild ox. 7 The voice of the LORD hews out 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 to calve And strips the forests bare; And in His temple
everything says, "Glory!"
10 The LORD sat as King at the flood; Yes, the LORD sits as King forever. 11
The LORD will give strength to His people; The LORD will bless His people with
peace.”
Dr. Wiersbe points out that Psalm 29
has been used to celebrate the feast of Pentecost and after reading the psalm
through, one can understand why. When
you read Acts chapter two you will discover the sound of wind, tongues of fire,
and the “thunder” of God’s voice through His Word.
“The word ‘glory’ is used four times
in the psalm (1-3, 9), for David saw in the storm God’s glory revealed in three
different places.”
God’s Glory in the Heavenly Temple (vv.
1-2): “Ascribe to the LORD, O sons of the mighty, Ascribe to the LORD glory and strength. 2 Ascribe to
the LORD the glory
due to His name; Worship the LORD in holy array.”
We see in verse one two
attributes of God, glory and strength.
We can also see that the psalm begins and ends with strength (verse 11),
and in verses 4-9 we see the demonstration of God’s strength. The phrase “sons of the mighty” is speaking of angels and in verse two we see
that the angels were worshiping the Lord in proper attire “holy array.” When the
priests had to go into the tabernacle they had to be dressed in proper attire,
and so when the angels come to worship the Lord in heaven the same is required. When one looks at Revelations 4-5 they will
see worship going on in heaven as it is a place of worship. Isaiah six is another place where we see
worship going on in heaven and it is seen in this psalm as well.
Holiness is beautiful while all sin
is ugly. When Jesus Christ walked on
earth we know that He was sinless and thus He was holy (still is) and yet
people did not realize the fact that He was sinless, but holy and His holiness
was a beauty to uphold.
God’s Glory in the Earthly Tempest (vv.
3-9): “3 The voice of the LORD is upon the waters; The God of glory thunders, The LORD
is over many waters. 4 The voice of the LORD is powerful; The voice of the LORD
is majestic. 5 The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars; Yes, the LORD breaks in
pieces the cedars of Lebanon. 6 He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, And Sirion
like a young wild ox. 7 The voice of the LORD hews out 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 to calve And strips the forests
bare; And in His temple everything says, "Glory!"
What we have pictured in these
verses is a thunderstorm that began out in the Mediterranean as seen in verse
two and then the storm moved over land as it moved up into Lebanon and Mt.
Herman (Sirion). It moved down into the
wilderness and there it ended. We see
that the power of this storm is “the
voice of the Lord” or the thunder and not the lighting or the wind. The forest of Lebanon was famous for their
Cedar trees, yet they were like sticks when meeting up with the voice of the
Lord. In Scripture the cedar tree is sometimes a symbol of a nation or a
kingdom. (Ezekiel 17:1-3; 31:3; Numbers
24:6; Isa. 2:10-17).
In the 18th chapter of 1
Kings we have the story of how Elijah killed all the prophets of Baal and then
after that the Lord caused it to rain on the land of Israel for the first time
in three years. This story reminds me of
the storm that is pictured in this section of the 29th Psalm, as it
started out with a cloud the size of a man’s hand and then the storm came up so
fierce after that. Elijah was the
prophet the Lord used to tell Ahab it was not going to rain, and the prophet
God used to tell Ahab when it would rain, and as stated the picture of the storm
reminds me of this portion of Psalm 29.
Dr. Wiersbe writes “The angels
learned about God’s grace, wisdom, and power by watching the Son of God when He
served on earth (1Tim. 3:16). “16
By common confession, great is the mystery of godliness: He who was revealed in
the flesh, Was vindicated in the Spirit, Seen by angels, Proclaimed among the
nations, Believed on in the world, Taken up in glory.” They also learned during the week
of creation (Job 38:7), and they are learning today as they behold the church
on earth (Eph. 3:10; 1Peter 1:12).
According to verse 9, after the angels watched the storm described in
this psalm, they cried, ‘Glory!’”
God’s Glory on the Heavenly Throne (vv.
10-11): “10 The LORD sat as King at the flood; Yes, the LORD sits as King
forever. 11 The LORD will give strength to His people; The LORD will bless His
people with peace.”
The heathens of David’s day
worshiped Baal and they thought he was the god of the storms, but in this psalm
David describes this storm as coming from God for He is the one true God who is
in control of all that goes on, on this earth, even the storms.
We see that David mentions the flood
in verse ten and perhaps this storm that David is describing here involved a
flood, but it seems that David was writing about the flood that occurred in the
days of Noah. David says that it was the
Lord who sat as King at the flood, the Lord was in charge of the great flood of
Noah’s day.
Dr. Wiersbe writes: “The Lord is King today and will sit as King
forever! He can give strength to His
people and see them through the storms of life.
After the thunder, lightning, wind, and rain comes the calm after the
storm when ‘the Lord bless His people
with peace’ (v.11, NIV; and see 107:29 and 148:8.) Noah saw the rainbow of
the covenant after the storm (Gen. 9:8-17), the apostle John saw it before the
storm (Rev. 4:3), and Ezekiel saw the rainbow in the midst of the storm (Eze.
1:26-28). We always have God’s promise
to encourage us.”
Spiritual
meaning for my life today: I am so
blessed by reading and studying the Bible and also from the wonderful counsel
that I get from the Holy Spirit of God and also from the words that Dr. Warren
Wiersbe has written in his commentaries.
The quote that is above just shows how much he knows about the Word of
God and also it makes the Word of God more understandable.
Storms of life will come and end and
yet we know that the Lord will bring peace before, during and after the storms
of life as described by the rainbows in the quote above. Contentment is knowing that God is in control
of all things in my life, even the storms of life that come my way. 5/6/2025 9:38 AM My family is going through a
storm now with cancer affecting my wife.
She had surgery a week ago today and removed areas of her body (female)
where the cancer was and now the healing process is going on after the surgery
with some “normal” problems occurring.
We are trusting in the Lord to guide us with His wisdom to take show us
the next steps in eradicating this terrible disease from her body totally. To me cancer is like Satan, therefore I trust
the Lord to do to her cancer what He will one day, (soon) do to Satan as seen
in the 19th chapter of Revelation.5/6/2025 9:42 AM
My
Steps of Faith for Today:
1.
Continue
to learn contentment, learning that God is in control of all things that come
into my life and will work them out for my good and for His glory.
1/20/2012
10:00:27 AM
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