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 can 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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