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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 3 of 5
Psalms 29:1-11
This psalm, in its prophetic aspect, speaks of the moment when the mighty ones of the earth will have to submit to the LORD. The glory and strength that man so willingly ascribes to himself belongs to God alone. And these will be effectively rendered to Him when He deems it well to lift up His voice to insist on His rights (the voice of the LORD is mentioned seven times in this psalm). The dominion exercised by the nations (those "sons of the mighty" – v. 1, margin) over Israel will come to an end, for it is to His people that the LORD will give strength, when He sits as king for ever (vv. 10, 11).
How powerful and magnificent is this voice of the Creator, which all men have the opportunity to hear! God speaks to them by means of natural phenomena: wind, thunder, avalanches or earthquakes . . . which strike men’s hearts with a sense of grandeur and awe . . . usually of short duration! But above all it is through Jesus Christ, the Word made flesh, that God has spoken to the world (John 1:14; John 18:37). It was the voice of divine power "upon many waters" (v. 3), when with one word He stilled the tempest (Mark 4:39). But it is also the "still, small voice" of love, the voice of the good Shepherd, which can yet be heard today in His Word. May we not fail to listen to it!
