Walk Of Life – Day 16, November 2022 – Thoughts From The Book Of Psalms

The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves. The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea. Psalms 93: 3, 4

The Lord is King

This is a very brief psalm of just five verses but it has profound meaning.  The psalmist first introduces God as the king of all the earth and how great and powerful He is. He is clothed with majesty and strength and the earth is established. The psalmist also proclaims that the Lord is on the throne, which is from everlasting to everlasting. After proclaiming how great the Lord is, he says how the floods lift up their waves and their voices. He goes on to proclaim that the Lord is mightier than the noise of many waters and the mighty waves of the sea.

Here we see a comparison…the mighty sea waves and the great and mighty God reigning on high. It is a beautiful representation of our lives. We have a great and mighty God but very often, the waves, storms, swell up and lift up their voices and we get troubled and perturbed. We tend to forget that our Lord is mightier than the great waves and He is on the throne. He is in control. He is in charge. No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper, His Word says. His testimonies or His word or His promises are very sure. they never fail, they never change.  They are yea and Amen in Christ Jesus. If we stand strong on His promises, nothing can shake us, nothing can harm us, nothing can hurt us.

“The utmost of their power is to him but a sound and he can readily master it, therefore he calls it a noise by way of contempt. When men combine to overthrow the kingdom of Jesus, plot secretly, and by and by rage openly, the Lord thinks no more of it than of so much noise upon the sea beach. Jehovah, the self existent and omnipotent, cares not for the opposition of dying men, however many or mighty they may be. Yea, than the mighty waves of the sea. When the storm raises Atlantic billows, and drives them on with terrific force, the Lord is still able to restrain them, and so also when impious men are haughty and full of rage the Lord is able to subdue them and overrule their malice. Kings or mobs, emperors or savages, all are in the Lord’s hands, and he can forbid their touching a hair of the heads of his saints. The whole psalm is most impressive, and is calculated to comfort the distressed, confirm the timorous, and assist the devout. O thou who art so great and gracious a King, reign over us for ever! We do not desire to question or restrain thy power, such is thy character that we rejoice to see thee exercise the rights of an absolute monarch. All power is in thine hands, and we rejoice to have it so. Hosanna! Hosanna!” – Charles Spurgeon