1. God’s Glory Vs Man’s Rebellion - Psalm 29:1-2
Text:
“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the
prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I (Christ
Jesus) have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her
chickens under her wings, and ye would not! Behold, (look and pay heed!) your
house is left unto you desolate. For I
say unto you, Ye shall not see Me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is He
that cometh in the Name of the Lord.”
Matthew 23:37-39.
Good
morning, God-fearing Christian! You and
I have been blessed with a Godly fear of the One true Lord God Almighty,
Jehovah. We bow down before His Almighty
power and offer unto Him sincere worship and heart gratitude and praise. Our thankfulness knows no limits; our reverence
of His Holiness is utter and complete.
Praise God it is so, for the Lord God Jehovah, in Christ Jesus, is the
only true meaning of the word AWESOME.
No one, nor anything else - Spiritual or temporal - can truly be
described as awesome. Lord God Almighty
our hearts, souls, and minds bow down at the sound of Thy Almighty voice. Hallelujah!
The Lord God Omnipotent reigns!
Amen.
“Thine,
O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and
the majesty; for all that is in the Heaven and in the earth is Thine; Thine is
the Kingdom, O Lord, and Thou art exalted as Head above all. Both riches and honour come of Thee, and Thou
reignest over all; and in Thine hand is power and might; and in Thine hand it
is to make great, and to give strength unto all. Now therefore, our God, we thank Thee, and
praise Thy glorious Name.” (1 Chronicles
29:11-12)
Natural
mankind who are born of woman - since the Fall into sin of our created
progenitors, Adam and Eve, in Eden’s Garden - are naturally rebellious against
the Lord God Almighty; and will not GIVE Him the authority and the recognition
our Lord God Supernaturally possesses.
Sin has blighted the hearts and minds of natural born mankind, so that
he/she not only will not, but cannot, receive the things of the Lord God.
“But
the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God; for they are
foolishness unto him/her; neither can he/she know them, because they are
Spiritually discerned.” (1 Corinthians
2:14)
This
is the reason why we ‘…must be born again…’, we must be quickened by God the
Spirit, and regenerated by His power.
Only then will we ‘give unto the Lord…’ all the worship and honour, and
praise and glory, and thankfulness that our Sovereign Lord God commands. Praise God for His grace to Hell-bound
sinners such as we!
“This
Psalm is meant to express the glory of God as heard in the pealing
thunder. The verses march to the tune of
thunderbolts. True ministers are sons of
thunder and the voice of God in Christ Jesus is full of majesty. Thus we have God’s works and God’s Word
joined together.” (C.H. Spurgeon,
Treasury of David, page 141)
“Whole Psalm: In this Psalm, the strength of Jehovah is celebrated;
and the exemplification of it is evidently taken from a thunderstorm in
Lebanon. From the mountains, the storm
sweeps down into the plains.” (Robert
Murray M’Cheyne 1813-1843)
There
is nothing to focus the mind of mankind as well as a heavy thunderstorm. One feels and knows oneself to be, puny and
defenceless when compared to the power being manifested during a thunder and
lightning storm. Sizzling flashes of
lightning explode across a rain-leaden sky.
Then, moments later, ‘Boom!’ the peal of heavy thunder blasts its way
throughout the stratosphere, shaking everything within its sound.
“There
is no phenomenon in nature so awful as a thunderstorm. The Twenty-ninth Psalm derives a sacred
vitality and power from the Presence of Jehovah in each successive peal.” (James Hamilton D.D.1814-1867)
Verse 1. “Give unto the
Lord. Neither men nor angels can confer anything upon
Jehovah, but they should recognize His glory and might. Natural causes as men call them, are God in
action, and we must not ascribe power to them.”
(C.H. Spurgeon, Treasury of David, page 141)
Verse 2. “Give unto the Lord the
glory due unto His Name. A third time the admonition is given, for men are
backward in glorifying God, and especially ‘great men’. Unbelief and distrust, complaining and
murmuring, rob God of His honour.” (C.H.
Spurgeon, Treasury of David, page 141)
Verse 2. “Give unto the Lord the
glory due unto His Name. Which yet you cannot do, for His Name is above all
praise; but you must aim at it.” (John
Trapp 1601-1699)
“Worship the Lord. Why is the Lord to be worshipped? Why must He have such high honours? Verses 1-2.
A sincere Christian aims to glorify God, to exalt God, and to lift up
God in the world. He that sets up the
glory of God as his chief end will find that his chief end will by degrees eat
out all low and base ends. Where the
glory of God is kept up as a man’s greatest end, there all bye and base ends
will be kept at an under.” (Thomas
Brooks 1608-1680)
Thought:
Personal holiness exercised, exalts the Lord God Who alone is Holy.
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