Power

About two weeks ago now, in Home Group, we were looking at Psalm 100.

Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth!
² Serve the LORD with gladness!
Come into his presence with singing!
³Know that the LORD, he is God!
It is he who made us, and we are his;
we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
⁴ Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
and his courts with praise!
Give thanks to him; bless his name!
⁵ For the LORD is good;
his steadfast love endures forever,
and his faithfulness to all generations. (ESV)

We were going through this passage in a Lectio Divina style so after we finished reading the passage a few times and praying through it the leader asked us to share what word or phrase stood out to us.

As I read and prayed I kept coming back to verse 3. "Know that the LORD, he is God!" The rest of the passage refers to God's goodness and love. But this section reminded me of his power. I believe LORD as it is here is a replacement for God's most holy name in Hebrew (I have not confirmed that), but in this one line we are reminded that he IS the LORD, he IS God.

Both Lord and God if you look them up contain power and authority as attributes that come with that name.

That is the thing I have missed these last few months. I was allowing my work, my tiredness, my fear, and my failures to erode my passion and vision. But most importantly I allowed them to erode me view of God.

I never doubted that He was good, but He slowly became impotent in my circumstances. My prayers shifted from excitement and trust to acknowledging his desire and plan but doubting but understanding that tomorrow would not change, to not praying much at all.

Do you keep calling a friend who remains silent? How long do you cling to a relationship that where the person means well but never does anything?

I hit that point in the last few weeks. I had forgotten that God DOES have the power to make his plans come to fruition. And he will.