Let's look at today's reading in Psalms with Psalm 29:
1 Ascribe to the Lord, O sons of the mighty, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. 2 Give to the Lord the glory due to His name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness or in holy array. 3 The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; the God of glory thunders; the Lord is upon many (great) waters. 4 The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty. 5 The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars; yes, the Lord breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon. 6 He makes them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion (Mount Hermon) like a young, wild ox. 7 The voice of the Lord splits and flashes forth forked lightning. 8 The voice of the Lord makes the wilderness tremble; the Lord shakes the Wilderness of Kadesh. 9 The voice of the Lord makes the hinds bring forth their young, and His voice strips bare the forests, while in His temple everyone is saying, Glory! 10 The Lord sat as King over the deluge; the Lord [still] sits as King [and] forever! 11 The Lord will give [unyielding and impenetrable] strength to His people; the Lord will bless His people with peace.
Notice that "the voice of the LORD" is mentioned seven times here. This is the Hebrew word "qowl", which means: to call aloud. When God wanted something done, He "called aloud" and IT WAS DONE! AMEN! THAT is how He went about the creation! THAT is also how He spoke into hell when He raised Jesus from the dead! THAT is also what we will hear at the Rapture of the Church! The SHOUT! HALLELUJAH! The message for us today, though, is that WE are to be the voice of the Lord on the earth right now! When Jesus said that all power had been given unto Him, He followed THAT with "go therefore" (Matthew 28:18-19). WE are to be about our Father's business on the earth! When WE speak HIS Word, then HE will confirm it with signs following (Mark 16:20)! Do you have things that you desire to have changed in your life? Begin speaking, with YOUR voice, the Word of God to those situations and watch HIM confirm HIS Word in YOUR life! AMEN! If I don't speak the Word into MY life, it will NOT be done in MY life! Huge responsibility right there, with equally HUGE rewards and benefits! Thank YOU, JESUS! Now, just to reinforce what we just said, here is 1 Thessalonians 1:5 & 8, also from today's Spoken Word Bible Reading Plan!
5 For our [preaching of the] glad tidings (the Gospel) came to you not only in word, but also in [its own inherent] power and in the Holy Spirit and with great conviction and absolute certainty [on our part]. You know what kind of men we proved [ourselves] to be among you for your good.
8 For not only has the Word concerning and from the Lord resounded forth from you unmistakably in Macedonia and Achaia, but everywhere the report has gone forth of your faith in God [of your leaning of your whole personality on Him in complete trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness]. So we [find that we] never need to tell people anything [further about it].
Speak the WORD! AMEN! Here is Hillsong United with "Say The Word":
Shalom in Him!
