Earthquakes in Kentucky

What is up with that? At around 4:30 am the ground began to shake causing windows and doors to rattle. There is no known damage at this point. But, it certainly gets the brain going and wondering what might happen or could happen.

What do you do when your life begins to tremble and things begin to fall apart? How do you cope? Where do you find strength? Where does your peace come from?

I read Psalm 29 during my devotional time this morning and was reminded of what I do, when the world and/or my life quakes and trembles.

Psalm 29:1-11 A psalm of David. Ascribe to the Lord, O mighty ones, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. ²Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness. ³The voice of the Lord is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the Lord thunders over the mighty waters. ⁴The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is majestic. ⁵The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars; the Lord breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon. ⁶He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, Sirion like a young wild ox. ⁷The voice of the Lord strikes with flashes of lightning. ⁸The voice of the Lord shakes the desert; the Lord shakes the Desert of Kadesh. ⁹The voice of the Lord twists the oaks and strips the forests bare. And in his temple all cry, “Glory!” ¹⁰The Lord sits enthroned over the flood; the Lord is enthroned as King forever. ¹¹The Lord gives strength to his people; the Lord blesses his people with peace.

Give God praise and live in peace! Nothing happens that God does not know about and have a plan for. Trust in the Lord and in His strength and know that His will is best.

Of this passage, D.A. Carson writes,
Small wonder that the psalm ends (29:10–11) by focusing on the universal reign of God: “the Lord is enthroned as King forever,” whether at the time of the deluge (the Hebrew word for “flood” in this passage is found only here and in Gen. 6–11)—the very deluge that most powerfully demonstrated God’s power to deploy the forces of “nature” as he sees fit—or in the perpetual blessings and strength God confers on his people.

D. A. Carson, For the Love of God : A Daily Companion for Discovering the Riches of God's Word. Volume 1 (Wheaton, Ill.: Crossway Books, 1998), April 18.

Say to anyone or anything what Joseph said in Genesis 50:20 "You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives."