The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my mind and heart in Psalm 93:3-4,
"The seas have lifted up, Lord, the seas have lifted up their voice; the seas have lifted up their pounding waves. Mightier than the thunder of the great waters, mightier than the breakers of the sea— the Lord on high is mighty."
The "seas" here is a reference to mankind. Mankind is pictured as a sea caught up in a storm with breakers and pounding waves. It brings to mind Psalm 2:1-3, where we see the peoples of the world rising up against the Lord, "Why do the nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth rise up and the rulers band together against the Lord and against his anointed, saying, 'Let us break their chains and throw off their shackles.'" Mankind in his lost and rebellious state rising against the Lord in tumultuous rebellion. In that psalm we read of the Lord laughing at mankind, scoffing, rebuking and eventually terrifying them in his wrath.
When it comes to a squaring off between rebellious mankind and the Lord in Psalm 93, the psalmist reminds us of the stature and transcendent power of The Almighty. He is "robed in majesty" in his reign over his creation, verse 1. In his majesty he is armed with strength, "The Lord reigns, he is robed in majesty; the Lord is robed in majesty and armed with strength; indeed, the world is established, firm and secure." He is eternal, not of the variety of "here today and gone tomorrow" that marks the existence of mankind on earth, "Your throne was established long ago; you are from all eternity." Verse 2. In summary the psalmist tells us the Lord is mightier than the "thunder of the great waters, mightier that the breakers of the sea-- the Lord on high is mighty." Mankind in all his corporate strength, power and zeal of rebellion against the Lord is simply no match for him.
Here is the reason I am not too exercised about the fruitless and empty efforts of those today who are driven to scrub every acknowledgment of the Lord's very existence from the public square. Once again, during the holiday season, we will be treated to the mindless and inane efforts of those who are in a stir to eliminate every reference, every vestige acknowledging the Lord in holiday events, in the schools, in the media, in politically correct conversation, in the parks and the city halls across our country as we see throughout the rest of the year. I picture mankind shaking their tiny little fists of rebellion in the face of our Lord Almighty. Only due to his great patience are they not crushed immediately. Unknown to them, the Lord, in his love, is busy converting from among their numbers "all who will", from their hostility, bringing them into his family through the wonderful good news-- the gospel.
Once the Lord has had his harvest, woe to those still shaking their little fists in the face of the Almighty One who will cast all who have spurned him into a fiery lake of burning sulfur, Revelation 21:8. The seas who have lifted up their voice, their "pounding waves" are no match for our terrifying and mighty Lord on high!
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
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