For the word of the Lord is right and true;
He is faithful in all He does.
The Lord loves righteousness and justice;
the earth is full of His unfailing love.
By the word of the Lord were the heavens made,
their starry host by the breath of His mouth.
He gathers the waters of the sea into jars;
He puts the deep into storehouses.
Let all the earth fear the Lord;
let all the people of the world revere Him.
For He spoke and it came to be;
He commanded and it stood firm.
The Lord foils the plans of the nations;
He thwarts the purposes of the peoples.
But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever,
the purposes of His heart through all generations.
Psalm 33:4-11
I needed that today. I need to remember that God is in control. He made it all, and He oversees it all.
I've been to the ocean (hence the photo above). There is not much that makes me think of the infinite greatness of God the way the vast ocean does. In a way, the ocean scares me. It is so big, and so bleak. Many have met their deaths in its great waves.
God made the ocean. Not only did He make it, He has ultimate power over it. He can stir up a storm, and He can calm it down again. He brings in the tides and sends them out. And if He wanted to, he could suck up all the water from all of earth's oceans into a "jar", and that would be that. He must have some mighty big jars in heaven!
This is only a tiny glimpse of the God I serve, the God who created the vast universe, filled with solar systems of sizes beyond the limits of my imagination. He also created all of nature and science: atoms, molecules, sub-atomic parts like nuclei and protons and neutrons. He designed an individual DNA pattern for every living creature. He even worked things out so that every single snowflake that falls is different from every other snowflake.
It's no wonder He could part the Red Sea so the Israelites could cross on dry land, no wonder that He saved them from their Egyptian enemies whom He buried under a deluge of sea water as soon as His own were all safe. It was a mighty miracle for them, but it was child's play to Him. It was easy. Nothing is hard for God.
Nothing is hard for God, and nothing is scary. He cradles the whole universe in His hands, and in Him all things hold together.
The Lord foils the plans of the nations;
He thwarts the purposes of the peoples.
But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever,
the purposes of His heart through all generations.
Psalm 33:10-11
