THE LORD IS STILL KING

Are you in troubled seas today?  The waves are crashing around you, and the storm is howling.  You are in the midst of a great battle against pain and despair.  We hear of great tornadoes taking many lives, and many tremble in fear.  Then we hear the news of the sudden passing of a great man of God, who affected so many lives over the years.  And then the tears come, and many may ask “Why?”  We hear of others who have cancer and others facing great difficulties.  And again, we are reminded that our God is still in the midst of our storms, even though we can’t see the road ahead of us.  But our Majestic God still is King and He still reigns. Praise the Lord!

In Psalms 93, the Psalmist takes us to the seashore at the height of a howling storm.  We can hear the crushing power and see the violent beauty of the waves crashing against the rocks.  The scene reminds us that the Lord has strength and majesty that overcomes life’s troubled seas.

“The LORD is king!  He is robed in majesty.  Indeed the LORD is robed in majesty and armed with strength.  The world is firmly established; it cannot be shaken. Your throne, O LORD, has been established from time immoral.  You yourself are from the everlasting past.”  Psalm 93:1-2 (NLT)

We watched a royal wedding recently, and watched all the pageantry and beauty of the horsemen, the groomsmen and all royalty as they paraded before our eyes.  The bride was beautiful beside her very handsome groom.

But none of the pageantry we beheld can compare to the absolute majesty of the King of the universe.  He is absolutely robed in His majesty, glorious to behold!  Our eyes cannot imagine the splendor of our King!  “Praise the LORD, I tell myself; O LORD my God, how great you are!  You are robed with honor and with majesty; you are dressed in a robe of light.  You stretch out the starry curtain of the heavens; you lay out the rafters of your home in the rain clouds.  You make the clouds your chariots’ you ride upon the wings of the wind.”  Psalm 104:1-3

He is absolutely armed with strength.  You may feel like your world is shaking and may crumble.  Your personal life may be shaking but God is armed with strength and His strength He gives to His people, and this world is firmly established, and our God has reigned from eternity and forever. 

“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.  Therefore we will not fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; though its waters roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with its swelling.  Psalm 46:1-3

You may feel like the earth around you is disappearing and that the mountains of fear may carry you into the sea, even though the waters roar and the earth shakes, God is your strength and your very present, right now, help in trouble.  Praise the Lord!

“The mighty oceans have roared, O LORD, the mighty oceans roar like thunder; the mighty oceans roar as they pound the shore.  But mightier than the violent raging of the seas, mightier than the breakers on the shore – the LORD above is mightier than these!  Your royal decrees cannot be changed.  The nature of your reign, O LORD, is holiness forever.”  Psalm 93:3-5

Yes, we can stand on the seashore and see the mighty oceans roar and hear the breakers as they pound the shore.  But listen to this, whatever storm you are in, whatever crisis has come into your life, whatever grief or pain you are now going through, and whatever happens to the nations as they war and fight one another, whatever tornado or earthquake hits our world, and darkness seems to covering the earth at times.  The LORD above is mightier than anything and everything which comes into our lives or happens in our world. 

He stands above it all, ruling in His Holiness.  He is calling to you, come into His presence.  Let the wind be calm, let the pounding of the waves be still.  Let Him gather you into His arms and the noise of the storm ceases and there is peace and calm, for our LORD IS STILL KING!

Pastor Sharon