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 heart and mind in Psalm 18:6,
"In my distress I called to the Lord; I cried to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came before him, into his ears."
In the superscript of Psalm 18 we are told David sang this psalm to the Lord when the Lord delivered him from "the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul." David declared his dependence upon the Lord and among other things he stated the Lord was his fortress, deliverer, refuge and his stronghold.
What is just amazing about this psalm is David's account of how the Lord responded to his plea when he cried out for the Lord's help. When his plea went into the Lord's ears we read that the Lord responded in this way:
"The earth trembled and quaked,
and the foundations of the mountains shook;
they trembled because he [the Lord] was angry.
Smoke rose from his nostrils;
consuming fire came from his mouth,
burning coals blazed out of it.
He parted the heavens and came down;
dark clouds were under his feet.
He mounted the cherubim and flew;
he soared on the wings of the wind.
He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him—
the dark rain clouds of the sky.
Out of the brightness of his presence clouds advanced,
with hailstones and bolts of lightning.
The Lord thundered from heaven;
the voice of the Most High resounded.
He shot his arrows and scattered the enemy,
with great bolts of lightning he routed them.
The valleys of the sea were exposed
and the foundations of the earth laid bare
at your rebuke, Lord,
at the blast of breath from your nostrils." Verses 7-15.
This is a stunning account! In another psalm David asks the question, "what is mankind that you [Lord] are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them? Psalm 8:4. Yet, look at how the Lord responded to David's plea for help!
How might we feel if the Lord responded in such a way to our pleas? This raises a fascinating question... might we be astonished at how the Lord has responded to our own prayers at times? I have a feeling we just might be amazed to learn of the many times the Lord may have responded to our pleas in the past and yet we did not have the insight as David to observe or sense it.
Something to think about...
A blog with my ruminations over the years can be found here: http://worshipfortoday.blogspot.com/
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!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just reply and let me know..
"In my distress I called to the Lord; I cried to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came before him, into his ears."
In the superscript of Psalm 18 we are told David sang this psalm to the Lord when the Lord delivered him from "the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul." David declared his dependence upon the Lord and among other things he stated the Lord was his fortress, deliverer, refuge and his stronghold.
What is just amazing about this psalm is David's account of how the Lord responded to his plea when he cried out for the Lord's help. When his plea went into the Lord's ears we read that the Lord responded in this way:
"The earth trembled and quaked,
and the foundations of the mountains shook;
they trembled because he [the Lord] was angry.
Smoke rose from his nostrils;
consuming fire came from his mouth,
burning coals blazed out of it.
He parted the heavens and came down;
dark clouds were under his feet.
He mounted the cherubim and flew;
he soared on the wings of the wind.
He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him—
the dark rain clouds of the sky.
Out of the brightness of his presence clouds advanced,
with hailstones and bolts of lightning.
The Lord thundered from heaven;
the voice of the Most High resounded.
He shot his arrows and scattered the enemy,
with great bolts of lightning he routed them.
The valleys of the sea were exposed
and the foundations of the earth laid bare
at your rebuke, Lord,
at the blast of breath from your nostrils." Verses 7-15.
This is a stunning account! In another psalm David asks the question, "what is mankind that you [Lord] are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them? Psalm 8:4. Yet, look at how the Lord responded to David's plea for help!
How might we feel if the Lord responded in such a way to our pleas? This raises a fascinating question... might we be astonished at how the Lord has responded to our own prayers at times? I have a feeling we just might be amazed to learn of the many times the Lord may have responded to our pleas in the past and yet we did not have the insight as David to observe or sense it.
Something to think about...
A blog with my ruminations over the years can be found here: http://worshipfortoday.blogspot.com/
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!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just reply and let me know..
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