Today’s Reading: Psalm 29
“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.”Psalm 29:1-2 ESV
Ascribe literally translates to : Write this down.
Write this down …. Write this down…. Write this down.
This is only stated when something important is happening. This is the call to attention that needs to remembered and transmitted to everyone.
How important is it to write things down? During the last year of college, while taking a graduate level mathematics course; I learned how to pay attention and write things down. The class consisted of only five people. The professor walks in and starts to write on the board. Everyone around me starts to write in their notebook. I was listening to him and paying attention. The professor filled the entire board in less than five minutes. He spoke to the class for two minutes. He turned around and erased everything that he wrote. He then he began to start writing again. I did not get the memo that I needed to write everything down, so I started to feverishly write all the notes that he was giving me. It taught me not take for granted anything that was told to me, it may not be repeated. Now, I am a prolific note taker.
In this psalm , David is telling everyone the magnitude in the magnificent of the spirit of God. He even references the first part of Genesis in this psalm…
“The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.”
“The voice of the Lord is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the Lord, over many waters.”
David also tell the power and gentleness of God the Spirit
“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 makes the deer give birth and strips the forests bare, and in his temple all cry, “Glory!””
Psalm 29:4-7, 9 ESV
With this might and power of the Spirit, David shows the true mission of the Spirit…
“May the Lord give strength to his people! May the Lord bless his people with peace!”
It’s not just trying to tell us what and how the spirit of God works, but he also is telling us that when we allowed to Spirit to work and move in us that he is given us peace and strength and all the things that we do. This is the true mission of the Spirit is to show God‘s awesomeness in everyday life. This shows how the love that God gives provides strength and peace to us to overcome all things.
Be blessed