Thunder
Thunder rolls and crashes across the
Sawtooths, echoing through the peaks and canyons around us, shaking the
ground—celestial sonic booms! My old dog cuts and runs. I stand amazed and
delighted.
Scientists tell us that thunder
is a natural phenomenon, nothing more than the sudden expansion of
super-heated air around a lightning bolt's path. Israel’s poets inform us that
thunder is more than natural, naked force; It is the voice of God:
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;
the voice of the LORD is full of majesty.
The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars;
the LORD breaks the cedars of Lebanon.
—Psalm 29:3-5
Again:
”The skies give forth thunder;
your arrows flash on
every side.
The crash of your thunder is in the whirlwind;
your lightnings light up
the world;
the earth trembles and
shakes” (Psalms 77:7, 8).
Several
of the psalms refer to a thunderstorm that overshadowed Israel as she made her
way through the Red Sea—thunder that spelled doom for the Egyptians, but
deliverance to God's people. Each resounding clap was a comforting voice
assuring those He loved and had come to save.[1]
It
thundered again when Jesus asked his Father to glorify His name. A voice
answered from heaven with this assurance: "I have glorified it, and will
glorify it again.” The crowd said it thundered; Jesus, with better hearing,
heard the voice of God (John 12:28,29).
Are you
troubled today? Call out to God. He will answer you from "the place of thunder" (Psalm 81:7). You may not hear the
thunder roll, but it will rumble and reverberate throughout the heavens. God
may not deliver you from your circumstances, but He will speak
peace to your heart of hearts and deliver you from all your fears. He "will give
strength to his people! He will bless his people with peace!
(Psalm 29:11).
There's
no need to be afraid of thunder. Children should know this, young and old. It
is one of ways God reminds us of his mighty power to save.
David
Roper
[1] The
Hebrew word translated "flood" in Psalm 29 is found only in Genesis
6-10 and is a technical word for Noah's flood.
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