But there’s more. There are times I am sitting on the beach watching the waves pound the shore, and the majesty and might of God nearly overwhelm me. In my devotional time I read from Psalm 93.
The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.
2 Thy throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting.
3 The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.
4 The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea. (KJV)
Now, read it again. Close your eyes. Can you hear the ocean roar in the distance? Can you feel the breeze against your face? Can you hear the gulls calling out over the waves? Listen. The Lord on high is mightier than the mighty waves of the sea.
At first I smiled that the Lord would have this passage in my Bible reading the week I’m at the beach. He’s so good that way! Then I just sat and soaked in the amazing truth of it. I knew He had directed this to me at this time for a reason and I wanted to have it blazed on my brain for the coming days and weeks when I’d be back to the real world. You know, that world of routine and demand and schedules and tasks to accomplish and work to be done. But He’s the God that reigns in that world too, and it’s just as beautiful although in a different way because He is the God of it. It’s all ordered by Him and I can trust Him with it. That may sound somewhat fatalistic or even casual to some but it really is that simple. I’m not saying it’s always easy to do, but simple just the same.
Now, I’m back to the banks…if only in my mind. “The Lord reigns…the Lord is mightier than the noise of many waters, yes, than the mighty waves of the sea.”
