Psalm 29:3-4

Ascribe to the Lord, O Heavenly Beings

Ascribe to the Lord GLORY and STRENGTH.

Ascribe to the Lord the GLORY due His Name; worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness.

--In the clothing of holiness.

Set apart. Consecrated.

Living Sacrifice.

The voice of the Lord is over the waters;

The God of glory thunders,

The Lord over many waters.

The voice of the Lord is powerful.

2) the capacity or ability to direct or influence the behavior of others or the course of events.

3) physical strength and force exerted by something or someone: the power of the storm.

The voice of the Lord is full of majesty. 

1) impressive stateliness, dignity, or beauty: experience the majesty of the Rockies.

Ascribe to the Lord, O Heavenly Beings. (command)

Ascribe to the Lord GLORY and STRENGTH. (command)

Ascribe to the Lord the GLORY due His Name; (command)

worship the Lord in the SPLENDOR of HOLINESS. (command)

“Ascribing” is also a type of call to worship – we are attributing to Him certain characteristics. Bringing GLORY to His Name because we are declaring our delight and love for Him and Who He is.

Four times we are commanded.

We are even told WHAT to ascribe – glory and strength.

We are even told how we may come – in the SPLENDOR of holiness.

And, HALLEUJAH, how do we get these garments of splendor?

I cannot make them myself – only through the death and resurrection of Jesus ad the indwelling of His Holy Spirit. THEN we will be presented blameless before Him – in our garments of holy splendor.

Now, we fight and press on for those garments.

Now we stand in the complete work of Christ – fixing our eyes on Jesus; setting our minds on Heavenly things; presenting ourselves as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to Him. (Hebrews 11; Colossians 3; Romans 8)

The voice of the Lord is over the waters.

The GOD of GLORY THUNDERS,

The Lord, over many waters.

Repetition to make a point.

Review.

Pictures of Genesis 1:2 come to my mind.

How can a voice be “hovering” (so to speak) over the waters?

“Hovering” brings to mind a picture of thickness.

I love that phrase, “the God of glory THUNDERS.”

Wouldn’t you love to hear that delightfully horrifying sound?

A sound that strengthens you but shakes you to the core of your being – the ultimate adrenaline rush.

I can’t wait to hear His Voice and not just the shadows of it in our thunder.

Maybe that’s why we, as a people are drawn to the sights and sounds of the storms and the waters.

Truth be told, I like the ocean waters so much that I get a little teary-eyed when I think about their absence in the new earth. (Of course, whatever is there will be MUCH better and I will laugh at myself for being so silly.)

Perhaps, because the voice of the Lord thunders and sounds like rushing waters, maybe the need for the ocean’s waves is gone.

Maybe the sounds of the seraphim and cherubim and the four living creatures and the elders will scatter away in “lost dreams” the sounds of the ocean.

How is a voice “full of majesty”?

I looked it up and my computer dictionary had a good sentence, “Experience the majesty of the Rockies.”

Breath-taking and overwhelming is the voice of the Lord.

A voice that is foreshadowed by all the created things I love: oceans, mountains, and thunderstorms.

Ascribe to the Lord the glory DUE His Name.

Forever is not enough.