Psalm 29

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

I you’re not afraid to face the music, you may some day lead the band.

PSALM 29

PRAISE BEFORE THE STORM (1‑2). David called on the angels in heaven to ascribe praise to God. You never know when a storm is coming, so be sure you are worshiping Him and giving Him all the glory. The greatest beauty of all is the beauty of holiness, and it comes from worshiping the Lord.

POWER IN THE STORM (3‑9). First the thunder rolled over the Mediterranean Sea. Then the storm broke and moved across the land. Seven times the storm is called "the voice of the LORD." (See Rev. 10:3‑4.) What power there is in a storm! Even the angels shout, "Glory!" as they watch it!

PEACE AFTER THE STORM (10‑ 11). David may have seen a rainbow and remembered God's promise given after the Flood (Gen. 9:8‑17). God sat as King at the Flood, and He is still King! No storm is greater than God. If you trust Him, the storm will bring glory to God. If life is stormy just now, worship Him and wait on Him. The storm will pass, and He will give you peace.

With the Word - Warren W. Wiersbe

Thomas Nelson Publishers

Nashville

“Used by permission of Thomas Nelson, Inc.”

Tranquility, Gentleness, and Strength

All our action ... must be peaceful, gentle, and strong. That suggests ... an immense depth, and an invulnerable steadiness which come from the fact that our small action is now part of the total action of God, whose Spirit, as another saint has said, "Works always in tranquility."

Fuss and feverishness, anxiety, intensity, intolerance, instability, pessimism and wobble, and every kind of hurry and worry--these, even on the highest levels, are signs of the self-made and self-acting soul; the spiritual parvenu.

The saints are never like that. They share the quiet and noble qualities of the great family to which they belong: the family of the sons of God.

If we desire a simple test of the quality of our spiritual life, a consideration of the tranquility, gentleness, and strength with which we deal with the circumstances of our outward life will serve us better than anything that is based on the loftiness of our religious notions, or fervor of our religious feelings.

-- Evelyn Underhill in The Spiritual Life. Leadership, Vol. 13, no. 2.

(Psa 29 NIV) A psalm of David. Ascribe to the LORD, O mighty ones, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength. {2} Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; worship the LORD in the splendor of his holiness. {3} The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the LORD thunders over the mighty 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; the LORD breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon. {6} He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, Sirion like a young wild ox. {7} The voice of the LORD strikes with flashes of lightning. {8} The voice of the LORD shakes the desert; the LORD shakes the Desert of Kadesh. {9} The voice of the LORD twists the oaks and strips the forests bare. And in his temple all cry, "Glory!" {10} The LORD sits enthroned over the flood; the LORD is enthroned as King forever. {11} THE LORD GIVES STRENGTH TO HIS PEOPLE; THE LORD BLESSES HIS PEOPLE WITH PEACE.