Yesterday, while in sunny (85 degrees) San Diego on business, I received a call on my cell phone from my Dad. I rarely receive calls from him in the middle of the work day, so I almost always try to answer the call regardless of what I'm in the middle of; most of the time I think I'm going to receive bad news or something, but that's not always the case. But that was the case this time, although the bad news turned out in the end to be good news. Out of self preservation, I'll spare the details here for fear I might be severely reprimanded for divulging something I shouldn't. (And, yes, my parents still have that kind of effect on me, even at this age.) Bottom line, what we thought could have been a severe health problem has turned out to be repairable with an extremely optimistic prognosis. For that I'm grateful.
I remember one time receiving another one of those calls in the middle of the work day, only this time my Dad told me that he felt God had sent him a message to give me something quite valuable, and as it turned out it was something that our family was quite in need of. Who am I to turn my dad down, much less my Father? This was a profound moment for my Dad, and has since turned out to be profound for the rest of us in our family too.
Interesting, to state the least, that God allowed me to read from Psalm 29 this morning and journal these thoughts (that follow):
"The Lord sat enthroned at the Flood, And the Lord sits as King forever." (Psalm 29:10)
"It's raining hard today, but I'm sure not nearly as hard as it did thousands of years ago when God opened the skies and sent the raging waters down to flood the earth and destroy almost the entirety of His creation. What was He doing, I mean literally doing when that happened? The Psalmist says that He sat, and that He sat enthroned. There's a part of me that thinks He ought to have been pacing the floor and sort of rubbing His chin as if He were devising some alternative scheme to change course. But He actually did what my soul (deep down) receives the greatest amount of comfort from; He sat, in control, high and exalted, and completely enthroned in all His glory. Sound unsympathetic? Not at all, it's quite the contrary. This is precisely what I need my God to be and do, and the Psalmist reminds me that this is what He will do into eternity future; then, now and forever.
Floods of life will come and go, but they do not nullify His Kingship, and they do not diminish His glory. The world's forecast is pretty stormy right now with nothing but dark clouds on the horizon as far as the eye can see; but today I choose to believe that beyond those clouds that I cannot see through sits our God, enthroned as King and Ruler."
Warmly in Christ,
Tom
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