I was with military wives, studying Beth Moore’s “Living Beyond Yourself”, when I heard Beth speak these words on the video, “These two things I know from Psalm 62—that God is strong, and that He is loving.” I immediately opened my Bible to read that psalm and get the context to that passage. . . because the simplicity, truth, and power of it cut right to my heart. During my quiet time the next day, I re-read Psalm 62 and “feasted” on the beautiful words of truth in verses 11 and 12: “One thing God has spoken, two things have I heard: that You, O God, are strong, and that You, O Lord, are loving.” As I pondered God’s demonstration of His love and His strength in my life, I was reminded of the song that I had just been singing the week before with my little granddaughter. You know it, and it goes like this: “Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so. Little ones to Him belong; they are weak but He is strong. Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! The Bible tells me so.”
Who are You With?
“The Lord is king. He is clothed with majesty and strength. The earth is set firmly in place and cannot be moved… The Lord rules supreme in heaven, greater than the roar of the ocean, more powerful than the waves of the sea…” —Psalms 93:1 and 4
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It’s a pretty simple Psalm that declares God’s Lordship over everything and everywhere, and tells us that He is more powerful than anything else we can imagine. The writer says that “The Lord is King” and that He “rules supreme in heaven” and is greater than the ocean and “more powerful than the waves”.
Sometimes we accept these statements from a human perspective and somehow manage to limit God. We know what a king is, but our human kings have human flaws and they don’t last. Most of us have seen and been in the ocean when it is relatively benign. But most of us have never seen truly gigantic waves and understood just how powerful you need to be in order to be more powerful than the waves. To really start to understand the power and control that God has, we need to dwell some more on verse 1.
God is clothed in majesty. Why is that so important to know? God is not like an earthly ruler who needs symbols of office so you know He is King. He doesn’t need robes and crowns and scepters – if you get near Him there will be no question who is in charge because His very being screams that He is majestic and in total control.
God is clothed in strength. One version says He is “armed with strength”. God doesn’t need weapons or armor or body guards to be strong. He is armed with strength itself and no one and nothing can overcome Him. His strength never wanes. . . He never feels tired or even slightly less strong after using His strength. Think of the strongest, most powerful person or machine or thing that you know (other than God). Whatever or whoever you thought of is pathetically weak next to God.
God’s majesty and strength holds the earth firmly in place. There is nothing and no one who has the authority or strength to move it even slightly unless God allows it.
As a husband and a father I need to remind myself that I am with God and He is with me. Because of who God is, I have nothing to fear. No human enemy, no natural disaster, no deployment stress, no bad days, no lonely times, no financial pressures, no children having problems, no troublesome workmates, no leaky roof, no car accidents, no illness, or any other difficulties or threats that are thrown at me and my family can defeat me in the end. I am with a God who is clothed in majesty and armed with strength, and that’s infinitely better than even having the US Air Force on call to help me out.
Questions to Share:
1. What difficulties or threats are you facing right now in your marriage, with your children, with your work? Write them down.
2. Which of those things do you think are too big for God to deal with? Which of them will make Him tired if He has to deal with them? Which of them exist beyond His authority?
3. Remind yourself daily just how majestic and strong God is. Ask the Holy Spirit to help you draw on God’s strength to live your life under His authority.
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