The Lord reigns, let the earth be glad, let the distant shores rejoice.
(NIV)
I woke up a couple of days ago listening to the rain. It was a steady rain and it was strong and in the distance I heard a clap of thunder. And it was 5:20 AM, so no going back to sleep, it was tea time.
As I got up, my brain started thinking about another kind of reign. The one where God reigns over his creation. As the Psalm in verse 4 goes on to say, 'His lightning lights up the world; the earth sees and trembles.' And in 6, 'the heavens proclaim his righteousness, and all the peoples see His glory.'
Now I know that rain and reign are different, but when I see one, I think of the other. God reigns over us - He is in control and He has sovereign power over us. The rain is coming down over us and enveloping us completely. As I see and hear the rain this morning, I can feel the reign of God.
Read the entire Psalm 97, it's powerful. In 5, it says, 'the mountains melt like wax before the Lord, before the Lord of all the earth.' Read the Psalm with expression and visualize the earth trembling, the mountains melting, people seeing God's glory, fire going before Him. You will then know that the Lord reigns.
Nancy
