Why does the psalmist celebrate “the voice of the LORD” as he does in Psalm 29? The voice of the LORD evokes the idea of divine authority. In the beginning, as Genesis pictures it, a watery chaos covered the earth. Over this God was poised to bring order and purpose to that which was formless and void. And God did this by speaking. So, the first statement the psalmist makes in Psalm 29 about the voice of the LORD is this: “The voice of the Lord is over the waters.” In other words, God is still poised to overcome chaos and implement order and purpose. You may feel that there are many forces at work in your life pushing and pulling from every direction. You may feel that your life bobs like a cork on an ocean of random events over which you have no control. It is true you have no control over most of the forces around you. But your life need not be out of control. It can be under God’s control. For only God’s authority and power can override all other influences. God is intensely interested in you. As a loving father dotes on his child so God dotes on you. And here is the good news: God has the final word. He will have the final word in how your present circumstances will turn out. He will have the final word on your own fate. In fact, he will have the final word on the fate of the world. Put your life in God’s hands and let him speak into your life.
Entrust yourself to God today and ask him to speak to you.
Read Psalm 29.
