Praise God in the Storm!

Psalm 29

Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Friday, April 14.

I write today’s devotion during the spring storm season in Indiana, a time of frequent and powerful storms rolling across the Midwest. Whether it is the roaring sound of thunder, the electrifying display of lightening, or the sheer terror of a tornado, storms are powerful reminders of just how little control we have in our lives. Psalm 29 captures the power of God through the imagery of a storm, as verses 3-5 describe:

The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; the God of glory thunders, the Lord is over many waters. The voice of the Lord is powerful, the voice of the Lord is majestic. The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars; Yes, the Lord breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.

Today’s psalm is considered one of the finest poems in the Bible. The imagery is exquisite; it captures the majesty of God in the power of a storm. Spurgeon described the beauty of Psalm 29:

Just as the eighth Psalm is to be read by moonlight, when the stars are bright, as the nineteenth needs the rays of the rising sun to bring out its beauty, so this can be best rehearsed beneath the black wing of tempest, by the glare of the lightning, or amid that dubious dusk which heralds the war of elements. The verses march to the tune of thunderbolts. God is everywhere conspicuous, and all the earth is hushed by the majesty of his presence.^[1]

Seize the moment and pray Psalm 29, meditating upon the power of praising God in your storms – “Ascribe to the Lord the glory due to His name; worship the Lord in holy array” (2). The next time you are experiencing a storm, read this psalm out loud to yourself and to your family.

God bless you!

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