The Power of God's Voice

We had another storm a couple of weeks ago.  Not much snow that time, but lots and lots of wind and very cold.  Thankfully, the power never went out.  Also thankfully, there were no fires--that would’ve been awful, to try to fight a fire in that wind and cold.  

It was bad enough, though.  It made travel very dangerous.  The wind has incredible power.  And it should, when you think about it.  The wind was created by God.  And we know that God has incredible power.

Whenever I think about that, I think of Psalm 29.  That psalm is about the power of God.  Let me just quote a few verses of it:

            The voice of the Lord is over the waters;

            the God of glory thunders,

            the Lord thunders over the mighty waters.

The voice of the Lord is powerful;

            the voice of the Lord is majestic.

The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;

            the Lord breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.

The voice of the Lord strikes

            with flashes of lightning.

The voice of the Lord shakes the desert;

            the Lord shakes the Desert of Kadesh.

The voice of the Lord twists the oaks

            and strips the forests bare.

That’s a lot of power!  And you know what’s really remarkable?  God does that with just God’s voice!  Think of what God could do if God really rolled up His sleeves and went to work!

God has tremendous power.  God has more power than we can imagine.  And I guess this should not come as a surprise to us.  After all, what are we told in the first chapter of the Bible?  God said, “let there be light” and there was light.  God said for the earth to be created and it was.  God created the universe and everything in it just by using God’s voice.  So the power God has, and especially the power in God’s voice, is something we should know well.

You and I can never fully understand God’s power.  If we could, we might be scared to death.  But we really would not need to be.  Because the really amazing thing about God is that God uses His amazing power for our good.  God would not have to do that, you know.  God can do anything God chooses.  That’s what makes God, well, God.  But God loves us.  And God does not just love humans as an anonymous group, either.  God loves each of us as an individual.  God loves you.  God loves me.  Despite who we are, despite everything we do, despite the fact that God is so far above us that we cannot even imagine how far above us God is, God loves each one of us.  God loves you.  God loves me.  And God uses God’s amazing power for our good, because God loves us that much.

God has incredible power.  And God uses God’s power for our good, because God loves us.  The next time there’s a storm--or the next time you feel like there’s a storm in your personal life--remember that.  And be grateful.