While reading Psalm 29 in The Message version, I saw some very interesting concepts and promises in this praise Psalm. (I was reading this during one of the downpours of rain that had put over 3 inches of water in our rain gauge!) Toward the end, the psalmist speaks of God's throne being above the floodwaters...above and beyond the problems and difficulties of this world.
But what was stunning to me was how it continued: "Above the floodwaters is God's throne from which His power flows..." His power is FLOWING from his throne, it is not static. Now WHERE would His power be GOING, in it's FLOWING? It surely is going in every direction, and it's on the move!
The next phrase refers again to His throne "from which He rules the world". Then is the answer to my question: " God makes His people strong, God gives His people peace". We are the recipients of the flow... not just from the one-time event of the Cross, but from God's throne itself!
Think of the solar winds from our sun, and the different types of rays it gives off. Our sun is so amazingly powerful, that it operates the nature system on the entire planet. And like when God told Moses in Exodus, "You can't see my face and live", we cannot physically tolerate, in these bodies, everything our sun gives off. It is just too powerful, too potent. That's why we have sunscreen! And our atmosphere is always under discussion by environmentalists, lest we destroy it's protective nature. God lets the good stuff through from the sun, and protects us from that which is too powerful for us, in this life.
BUT, one day, we will get to bask in the fullness of the power generating and emanating from the SON!!! Until then, I'm going to be believing that the power from God's throne is on it's way to those of us who believe. It has no other purpose, or destination!!! It is powerful, and it is fine-tuned for just what we need for every moment!!
