Psalm 29 - How Great is our God?

Ascribe to the Lord, the glory, the honor, the praise.  Speak of God's wonder and splendor.  Say the words.  Seems like such a small thing.  How often do we actually speak the words that tell of how amazing God truly is.  The greatness of God is vast as the sky, as briliant as the stars, as inexplicabile as the entirety of the universe. 

But when we stop to think about the greatness of God, we think about it on a personal level.  When we pause give praise and honor, we think about how great God has been to me.  We want to give God honor for the ways God has affected us.  How has God's greatness worked to better me and my life?  God has provided healing for me.  God has given me the job I wanted.  In what ways have I experience the splendor of God in in my day?  We see the splendor in the bird outside our window, in the rainbow seen on the way to work.  We think of how God's power has afftect our life.  We see it at work when we are shared from immenant danger.  

We may extend our gratitude to the things that God does for those around us, how those for whom we care have seen the work of God in their lives, how we see the hand of God reach out and affect them and their concerns. The extension might go to world event of which we are aware, of concerns that we face because the news has made us aware, but that extension is usually shallow and fleeting.  But generally when we think of giving God praise, we think and honor, we think about me, and mine.  My life and the lives of those I know.

The wonders of creation, the laws that hold the universe together, these are the great works of God. The power of God is the force which holds atoms together and the spark from which all things exploded.  The voice of God was the impetace for all things coming into being.  God is more powerful than the most powerful force of which we can think.  God can break the mighty Sequoia.  God is more powerful than the forces of nature, that bring fear and awe; more powerful than thunder and lighting; than the tornado or the hurricane.

How great, how amazing, with glory, and power and strength is our God? Take a moment, think of the truly awesome works of God.  Think about how vast God's power truly is.  Speak it, say it, give honor and praise for who God truly is.