The Lord is more majestic than roaring floods or mighty
waters or the crashing waves of the sea. That is because God exists outside the
boundaries of our imagination and is always greater than any image we employ,
even rising floods and mighty waters and majestic waves. The psalmist
celebrates the awesome power and strength of God and while that is certainly
true, more often than not the rising floods and noisy waters and crashing waves
of life need a God who is a little more accessible than the One who was “established from old” and “majestic on high”. It is through the “less than” image
of the one familiar with suffering and acquainted with grief (Isaiah 53) that the
God far off draws near to us; the floods subside, the thunder of the waters is
quieted, the waves slow to a gentle swell and the Immortal, Invisible, God Only
Wise inhabits human flesh. That is the sure decree we can trust and the
holiness we touch. That is to say it is in the God who is “less than” that we experience
the God who is “greater than” anything we could imagine.
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