I hope you have been enjoying the Word with your Spoken Word Bible Reading Plan! We just left Matthew and have moved into Acts. I love that we can follow Jesus being raised from the dead with the Acts of the Holy Spirit through the church of Jesus of Nazareth! Tomorrow will be especially exciting for anyone interested in learning more about the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. We also moved back to Genesis from Job and will be continuing on with the life of Abraham and Sarah. Today we will be looking at Psalm 29:1:
1ASCRIBE TO the Lord, O sons of the mighty, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
I love how the Amplified Bible says to "Ascribe" to the Lord glory. The Hebrew word used for "ascribe" here and "give" in the rest of the Psalm are the same. It is the Hebrew word "yahab" and it means to give, to ascribe, to grant, to provide. The word ascribe, according to Dictionary.com, means: 1) to credit or assign, as to cause or source; and 2) to attribute or think of as belonging. I LOVE that! It establishes the fact that glory, honor and praise BELONG to our God! And they do! Then we are told to not only recognize that glory belongs to Him but also strength. He IS the source of all of our strength! Hallelujah! Verse 2 says:
2Give to the Lord the glory due to His name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness or in holy array.
We are reminded in this verse to give Him glory and then told to "worship" Him. That's the Hebrew word "shachah", which means: to bow down, give reverence, to worship and to make obeisance. Obeisance is a movement of the body expressing deep respect or deferential courtesy, as before a superior. That He most definitely is! Worshiping Him in the beauty of His "holiness", "qodesh", which means: separateness, set-apartness. He is holy: separated from the world and set apart unto God! We are to be, too! (1 Peter 1:16). Then verse 11 says:
11The Lord will give [unyielding and impenetrable] strength to His people; the Lord will bless His people with peace.
He WILL give us His strength for all things and will bless us with "peace", shalom which means: completeness, safety, soundness, welfare, health, prosperity, peace, quiet, tranquility, contentment, friendship. I LOVE the Word of God! I hope you do, too!
Shalom in Him!
