Some thoughts from Psalm 29

Psalms 29:1-11 NLT

Honor the lord , you heavenly beings ;
honor the lord for his glory and strength.
Honor the lord for the glory of his name.
Worship the lord in the splendor of his holiness.
The voice of the lord echoes above the sea.
The God of glory thunders.
The lord thunders over the mighty sea.
The voice of the lord is powerful;
the voice of the lord is majestic.
The voice of the lord splits the mighty cedars;
the lord shatters the cedars of Lebanon.
He makes Lebanon’s mountains skip like a calf;
he makes Mount Hermon leap like a young wild ox.
The voice of the lord strikes with bolts of lightning.
The voice of the lord makes the barren wilderness quake;
the lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.
The voice of the lord twists mighty oaks and strips the forests bare.
In his Temple everyone shouts, “Glory!”
The lord rules over the floodwaters.
The lord reigns as king forever.
The lord gives his people strength.
The lord blesses them with peace.

Worship the Lord in the splendour of his holiness. That is what this Psalm looks to move you to do. To honour him in his glory and strength and for the glory of his name. He is the God who rules by his voice. He rules over the floodwaters as his voice echoes above the sea, as his glory thunders over the mighty sea. His voice rules everywhere,  splitting the mighty cedars of Lebanon and causing its mountains to skip like a calf. The Lord rules by his mighty voice commanding the lightening to strike and the earth to quake. Certainly this makes us ask questions, but if all these things of enormous power and might are under the control of the voice of the Lord there can be no doubt that he reigns as king forever simply by speaking. There is no power that can rival his. In his Temple everyone shouts "glory". What is left to shout? And in the splendour of his holiness and the glory of his name he gives strength to his people and he blesses them with peace. We forget too often that peace with God means enmity with the world. But praise God because he also gives us strength. Strength to see that he reigns by his voice, to trust him to rule well (though we still have questions) and to worship him in the splendour of his holiness.

Every moment of every day can/should be a moment where I worship God in the splendour of his holiness. Rejoicing in his rule by his voice. When I feel his peace and his strength, when I am threatened by his lightening and earthquake (real or metaphorical). I know he rules by his Word, fulfilled in Christ, the Word become flesh, who did not simply rule in power but suffered and died and rose, experiencing our suffering and reigning even over death. He it is who upholds all things by his powerful word, and in him I see the glory of his name, and worship him in the ordinary realities of life in the splendour of his holiness.