What a mighty God we serve!
I love the way that this song describes the greatness, strength and power of our God.
Per the study notes in the RSB.....David uses ideas from pagan religions to set God above their
gods. God is not just in the forces of nature, He is behind them, as in He causes and controls them.
Pagans believed Baal provided rain and fertility....but God alone created and controls nature.
I have always thought of these verses referring to God being over 'many waters' in a bit of a different way than perhaps is commonly understood. Think of the sound of water......many waters......like Niagra Falls, or a raging river in flood. The noise can be deafening. But our God can be heard above that sound. Indeed he can still the voice of the waters, and calm the raging storm. I think also of the soft sounds of the babbling brook, and am reminded of the still, small voice of the Lord speaking to me.
At God's voice, the mountains tremble and move! We can move mountains, too, but with much more time and effort. God but speaks.....and it is done. The great cedars of Lebanon are shattered at His voice.....such is the power in it.
With just His voice, He controls things we barely understand and cannot fully comprehend.
The Lord was on His throne when the great Flood happened, and indeed He is still there.....just as great and powerful. And He will be there forever.
And this great God............gives strength to His people. He who created and sustains all things; who with just his voice can move mountians and calm storms; who controls all forces of nature........stoops to give strength to this weak and sinful people.
May He, indeed bless his people with peace!
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