Monday... We fall on our knees and call out, "Glory!"

That's not usually what we do when nature unleashes its power, is it?

Look at what Psalm 4-8 (MSG) says, "God's thunder tympanic, God's thunder symphonic. God's thunder smashes cedar, God topples the northern cedars. The mountain ranges skip like spring colts, the high ridges jump like wild kid goats. God's thunder spits fire, God thunders, the wilderness quakes; He makes the desert of Kadesh shake."

And then verse 9, "God's thunder sets the oak trees dancing a wild dance, whirling, the pelting rain strips their branches. We fall to our knees - we call out, 'Glory!' "

Now that is not usually what we call out in the midst of God through nature showing His power. We usually want to cower in fear. But David writes, "We fall to our knees - we call out, "Help!" Yes, that is usually what we cry out. But David writes, "We fall to our knees - we call out, 'Glory!' " In the midst of our storms God wants us to not only cry out, "help" but he also wants us to acknowledge that He is powerful. That He can unleash all that is happening around us and that it shows His glory. Through the storms of life He wants us to fall on our knees and worship Him.

Verses 10 & 11 says, "Above the floodwaters is God's throne from which his power flows, from which he rules the world. God makes his people strong. God gives his people peace."

Let's worship Him in the storms of life and He will make us strong and give us peace." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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