May 4

Psalm 122, 124,133, 134, 135, 136, 138

Psalm 135:5-7
I know that the Lord is great,
that our Lord is greater than all gods.
The Lord does whatever pleases him,
in the heavens and on the earth,
in the seas and all their depths.
He makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth;
he sends lightning with the rain
and brings out the wind from his storehouses.

If we have a small god, then our problems are big. If we have a big God, then our problems are small. I've heard Scott say this phrase many times. It's important to often be reminded of how big and how powerful our God is. Human beings are so forgetful and shortsighted that it's easy to fall into despair when surrounded by a storm. Reading these psalms definitely reminds me that nothing is beyond our God.

Psalm 135:7 brought back some recent memories. In March, the Northeast was hit hard by a winter storm that toppled many trees, caused massive amounts of property damage, and left about one million homes and businesses without power. The wind was so strong that it took part of the roof of Whole Foods Market in Greenwich. Many went a week or more without power. Many basements (including our own) took on water. In Rhode Island, my brother's neighbor had 3.5 feet of water in their basement. We were at the mercy of this powerful storm. There was nothing we could do to stop the wind and the rain.

Now read Psalm 135:7 again: He makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth; he sends lightning with the rain and bring out the wind from his storehouses. That was one powerful storm we experienced... but it doesn't even come close to comparing with the awesome power of God. When we focus on how big our God is, the storms of life become small. He has control over the entire universe. We have nothing to fear when we have a big God on our side.