Worship in
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Psalm 29 A psalm of David.
29 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.
NIV (’84)
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Psalm 29 A psalm of David.
29 1 Honor the Lord, you
heavenly beings;
honor the Lord for his glory and
strength.
2 Honor the Lord for the glory
of his name.
Worship the Lord in the splendor
of his holiness.
3 The voice of the Lord echoes
above the sea.
The God of glory thunders.
The Lord thunders over the
mighty sea.
4 The voice of the Lord is
powerful;
the voice of the Lord is
majestic.
5 The voice of the Lord splits
the mighty cedars;
the Lord shatters the cedars of
Lebanon.
6 He makes Lebanon's mountains
skip like a calf;
he makes Mount Hermon leap like
a young wild ox.
7 The voice of the Lord strikes
with bolts of lightning.
8 The voice of the Lord makes
the barren wilderness quake;
the Lord shakes the wilderness
of Kadesh.
9 The voice of the Lord twists
mighty oaks
and strips the forests bare.
In his Temple everyone shouts,
"Glory!"
10 The Lord rules over the
floodwaters.
The Lord reigns as king forever.
11 The Lord gives his people
strength.
The Lord blesses them with
peace.
, New Living Translation ®, copyright © 1996, 2004 by Tyndale
Charitable Trust. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights
reserved_.
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Psalm 29 A Psalm of David.
29 Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and
strength.
2 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the
LORD in the beauty of holiness.
3 The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory
thundereth: the LORD is upon many waters.
4 The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is
full of majesty.
5 The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD
breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.
6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion
like a young unicorn.
7 The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire.
8 The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh
the wilderness of Kadesh.
9 The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and
discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.
10 The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King
for ever.
11 The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will
bless his people with peace.
KJV
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Psalm 29 Ascribe to the Lord Glory
A
Psalm of David.
29 Ascribe to the Lord, O heavenly beings, ascribe
to the Lord glory and strength.
2 Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;
worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness.
3 The voice of the Lord is over the waters;
the God of glory thunders,
the Lord, over many waters.
4 The voice of the Lord is powerful;
the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.
5 The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;
the Lord breaks the cedars of Lebanon.
6 He makes Lebanon to skip like a calf,
and Sirion like a young wild ox.
7 The voice of the Lord flashes forth 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 give birth
and strips the forests bare,
and in his temple all cry, "Glory!"
10 The Lord sits enthroned over the flood;
the Lord sits enthroned as king forever.
11 May the Lord give strength to his people!
May the Lord bless his people with peace!
ESV
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I. Splendor – vv. 1-2
II. Storm – vv. 3-9
III. Sovereignty – v. 10
IV. Stillness – v. 11
STORM:
We spoke of the Holiness of
God. We touched on the fact that He is transcendent over creation but immanent
in it. By this, we recognize that all the works and words of God are holy. When
we know and believe this, we are guarded against the error of pantheism. That
is that God is bound to and identified with or is the material universe. It shields
us against its derivative panentheism, which seeks to give lip service
to God’s transcendence while still declaring that the universe is a material
part of Him. Finally, it protects us from becoming deists. The belief that God
created the universe and its laws but removed Himself from any further
involvement in it.
No, we can see from this psalm
that God is separate from His creation and yet intimately involved with it. So,
these terms become relational rather than material. If deism were true, then
this psalm would be a fictional fantasy of a deluded poet. If pantheism or
panentheism were valid then God would be a masochist, guilty of
self-afflictions – “breaks the cedars...shakes the wilderness, and
strips the forests bare” or a schizophrenic who rules over Himself and
subjects Himself to Himself – “ascribe glory and strength...The LORD rules
over the flood.”
I find no comfort in these
false views of God. Those who hold or have held these views do so in order to
strip Him of His providence or His presence. They want to rid Him of wrath and
righteousness. They want to declare God to be impersonal or indifferent. But
God reveals to us that He is to be worshiped and wondered at, He reigns in
heaven and rules on earth, and He lives and gives to His people.
Therefore, transcendence and
immanence are relational terms when it comes to how He relates to humanity as
revealed in Scripture. We understand from His Holy Word that:
Isa 57:15
15 For thus says the One who is high and lifted up,
who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy:
"I dwell in the
high and holy place,
and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit,
to revive the spirit
of the lowly,
and to revive the heart of the contrite.
ESV
Ps 138:6
18 The Lord is near to the brokenhearted
and saves the crushed in spirit.
ESV
Ps 34:18
6 Though the Lord is on high, he looks upon the lowly,
but the proud he knows from afar.
NIV
Ps 113:4-9
4 The Lord is high above all nations,
and his glory above the heavens!
5 Who is like the Lord our God,
who is seated on high,
6 who looks far down
on the heavens and the earth?
7 He raises the poor from the dust
and lifts the needy from the ash heap,
8 to make them sit with princes,
with the princes of his people.
9 He gives the barren woman a home,
making her the joyous mother of children.
Praise the Lord!
ESV
Transcendent and Immanent
LORD,
You reign on high
Yet You draw nigh
To the meek and lowly
Who seek to be holy
You are over all
And all will fall
On their face
In wrath or grace
The proud, You fault
The humble, You exalt
You rescue the crushed
But the haughty are hushed
While nations mock Your name
And curse You without shame
Let all the redeemed sing
Praises to our God and King
– Amen!
Worship in Witness:
In light of my lament last time
over forgetting to write things down, I found myself writing down two incidents
that happened to me, and the resulting thoughts that were born from them. Here
is the first one.
I was driving home from work,
and as I often do, I began my prayer time. However, a situation had arisen at
work, which called for urgent prayer. My audit results revealed that I was
about $400 short. The night before my coworker was about $1029 long. I went
back and re-added his invoices and found his mistake when adding them up. I was
concerned then because it revealed that he should have been about $600 short.
Now it would look like I was that short. After trying to figure out where it
might be, I gave up and just hoped it would bounce back somehow. Driving home,
I prayed desperately that it would be found.
I also began praying about one
of my sons, who was getting married in October. I was seeking God’s will
concerning this. I was also praying for a daughter that was in a relationship I
felt was not a godly one. The man was not a good spiritual influence on her. I
had prayed against the relationship, and she had broken up with him only to
take him back again (ironically, I read just the other night about the first
breakup in a journal entry I had written a while ago). I cried out to God about
my situation and their situations. Then a settled feeling came over me. I would
believe God and His faithful care over me, to find where the problem lay in
reference to my audit. Secondly, I realized that I need not doubt God’s
workings in my children’s lives. Perhaps the use of multiple breakups was God’s
way of teaching my daughter to rely on Him and Him only. It also was to teach
me to persevere in prayer in spite of outward setbacks.
When I got home, I decided to
sit outside to have my devotions and prayer time. When I sat down and picked up
my phone to open the app on which the devotional was located, I noticed that I
had missed a call. It was from work. My phone was on “Do not disturb mode” so
my phone never rang. It also muted the text notification which I did not notice
as I called back. It seems that my coworker had left the original audit
printout with the $1029 amount, so I just recorded that on the audit worksheet.
The coworker that took my place had called me to inform me that I had the wrong
audit print out. The “saved” audit was actually much longer. I was not short
$400 short after all but pretty much spot on. I felt like young Kevin in the
movie “Home Alone.” I exclaimed like he did, “Wow! That was fast!”
Another thought has come to me
as I finish this portion of my journal. It is one of those “duh, everyone knows
that” thoughts. Yes, we know it, but we often forget it, or worse, we give up
our belief in it. The truth is that God will answer some prayers so fast it’ll
take your breath away. Most of the time, however, it will take much breathing
out of petitions and the willingness to accept “no” or “wait” as an answer. We
must also be open to other things that the Lord may
be teaching us like He did with me concerning my daughter.
Worship
in Song: Isaiah 6, Here I am
to Worship, Step by Step sung by Todd Agnew
I saw the Lord, seated on a throne, high and exalted
And the train of His robe filled the temple
Above Him were angels, with six mighty wings
With two they'd cover their faces
With two they'd cover their feet
And with two they’d fly
With two they'd fly… and sing
[Chorus 1]
And holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty
And the whole earth is full of His glory
He's glorious
[Verse 2]
I said, "Woe to me, I am ruined
For I am unclean, and so are all my kind
But my eyes have seen the King
The Lord Almighty, the Lord Almighty"
[Chorus 2]
And holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty
And the whole earth is full of His glory
And holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty
And the whole earth is full of His glory
He's glorious
[Instrumental]
[Bridge]
And an angel flew to me, and he had fire in His hand
And he put it to my lips and God took away my sin
He took away my sin
So we sing…
[Chorus 3]
And holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty
And the whole earth is full of His glory
And holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty
And the whole earth is full of His glory
Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty
And the whole earth is full of His glory
And holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty
And the whole earth is full of His glory
[Post-Chorus]
He's glorious
He's glorious
He's glorious
He's glorious
He's glorious
Oh God, You are my God
And I will ever praise You
Oh God, You are my God
And I will ever praise You
I will seek You in the morning
And I will learn to walk in Your ways
And step by step, You'll lead me
And I will follow You all of my days
And step by step, You'll lead me
And I will follow You all of my days
Here I am to worship,
Here I am to bow down,
Here I am to say that you're my God.
You're altogether lovely,
Altogether worthy.
Altogether wonderful to me.
You're altogether lovely,
Altogether worthy.
Altogether wonderful to me.
You are holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty
And the whole earth is full of His glory
Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty
And the whole earth is full of His glory
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