Ascribe to the Lord, O heavenly beings,
ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;
worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness.
The voice of the Lord is over the waters;
the God of glory thunders,
the Lord, over many waters.
The voice of the Lord is powerful;
the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.
The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;
the Lord breaks the cedars of Lebanon.
He makes Lebanon to skip like a calf,
and Sirion like a young wild ox.
The voice of the Lord flashes forth flames of fire.
The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness;
the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.
The voice of the Lord makes the deer give birth
and strips the forests bare,
and in his temple all cry, "Glory!"
The Lord sits enthroned over the flood;
the Lord sits enthroned as king forever.
May the Lord give strength to his people!
May the Lord bless his people with peace!
(Psalm 29:1-11 ESV)
Before I praise God for all of these things I want to stop and think do I really believe that God is sovereign?
Today as I portray Jesus walking to the Cross.
Is God sovereign.
Today as I sit in a massive hall built by the wealth of the petroleum industry that is sometimes marked by greed, waste and destruction and sin. Today as I walk across a campus with many faithful but thousands who reject The Lord God as their savior and reject God as our creator. Do I believe God is in control and loves each person even though many will reject him eternally?
Today as I fundraise and humble myself to depend on the provision of God and the generosity and zeal for the Lords kingdom, do I believe you are sovereign Lord?
To be honest I doubt a lot. But God has proved faithful and his plans are not my plans. In his great love and wisdom he allows us to choose. And the wisdom of God is rejected by the world. Your son Jesus Christ and his sacrifice is rejected by millions. Many who even call themselves Christians reject you and your name 363 or 364 days of the year. God you are the mighty creator of the universe, why do you let them disgrace your name? Why do you let us chase after idols? Why do you love us so much when we are so undeserving? What hope do you carry for humanity God?
Was it really worth dying for just the few of us who would believe and turn and repent? Is your kingdom really glorious or is it small and empty of true followers?
How can we go on believing when our own family and close friends reject you Lord. Perhaps they don't reject you in so many words but in their actions and often my actions we give more time to pleasure and even our works of righteousness than in truly seeking you.
God I am like Peter, I am confused and don't understand. But I believe you have the words of truth and you are the Messiah the Son of the living God worthy of praise. There is no other to whom I can turn. And so despite my doubts I believe, and I ask Lord help my unbelief.
I hold to the promises you have through the cross and that you are victorious. That one day which I don't know yet all will submit to you as Lord:
Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
(Philippians 2:9-11 ESV)
Amen let it be so!
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