Psalm 29:10-11
"The Lord sits enthroned over the flood; the Lord is enthroned as King forever. The Lord gives strength to his people; the Lord blesses his people with peace."
I love reading through Psalms, the book is filled with words of wisdom and comfort. It challenges my thinking and reminds me of God's great power! The verses above have gotten me thinking today.
Throughout the Bible one way we see God's power is through amazing miracles over nature. Think about the story of the great flood and how God told a man named Noah to build a huge ship to hold the animals of the world because he was going to flood the earth. When we really sit back and look at the story, it's crazy. I mean that ark was HUGE and how in the world did all of those animals not kill each other and man, it must have stunk in there!
The thing that I love about God is that he is in the business of the impossible. He works in ways that we as humans could never fully comprehend. Psalm 29:10-11 reminds us of that great power. It tells us that "the Lord sits enthroned over the flood; the Lord is enthroned as King forever". Just as the Lord sat enthroned over the flood that covered the earth, he sits enthroned over the floods of our lives. He is "King forever"! Not just King some of the time and King of some of the areas of our lives, but he is King over it all, forever! The tricky thing about this for me is not holding on to some of those deep dark areas of my life that I feel I still need to control.
I've been asking myself these questions today.... Am I allowing God to show his power is every area of my life, even those deep dark places of fear and control? Am I truly recognizing his amazing power on a daily basis and praying like I am praying to God who has done the impossible? Am I letting go of my need to control, know and plan so that God can reign as King over every area of my life forever? Honestly, I have to say no, not fully. I still try to control my life, I still let myself go to places of fear and I still try to do it all on my own. But I am thankful to say that God has been changing me, he has been reminding me that he is the God of the impossible, that he wants me to know him in a deep and intimate way. And another amazing thing about God, he not only controls the floods of our lives, he gives us strength to face them and peace throughout them.
Sometimes our lives sprinkle, sometimes it's a steady rain, sometimes it pours and other times it floods. But Psalm 29:10-11, reminds us that God is in control and he will give us the strength and the peace to navigate any level of rain in our lives.
