Mountains Melt

The Lord reigns, let the earth be glad; let the distant shores rejoice. Clouds and thick darkness surround him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne. Fire goes before him and consumes his foes on every side. His lightning lights up the world; the earth sees and trembles. The mountains melt like wax before the Lord, before the Lord of all the earth. The heavens proclaim his righteousness, and all the peoples see his glory. All who worship images are put to shame, those who boast in idols-- worship him, all you gods!

Zion hears and rejoices and the villages of Judah are glad because of your judgments, O Lord. For you, O Lord, are the Most High over all the earth; you are exalted far above all gods. Let those who love the Lord hate evil, for he guards the lives of his faithful ones and delivers them from the hand of the wicked. Light is shed upon the righteous and joy on the upright in heart. Rejoice in the Lord, you who are righteous, and praise his holy name

--Psalm 97

The more I examine my life, the more disappointed I am with myself for all the little things I put before God--all the idolatry in my life. I worship a God who makes mountains melt like wax.

Pause for a second and imagine this. Mountains melt like wax before God. Wow.

So knowing this, how is it that I still sometimes seek satisfication in lessor things? I fall to my knees in misery when God takes away a crutch I held onto just like an Israelite crying when my golden calf is thrown into the fire. I beg for it back as if I don't realize that in God I have more life than I could hope for with anything else.

We are trapped in bodies of flesh and we crave the tangible, but God doesn't always appear in tangible ways for us. Our small minds that are confined in the physical want constant reinforcement. God gave us His word to read, meditate on, and carry with us everywhere so that we would have this reinforcement. But we are weak. We grow complacement in our spiritual practices and turn to the easily accessible people, possessions, worldly goals and worldly ways--our comfortable idols. And Satan laughs.

None of the petty idols in my life could ever compare to the God of the universe. Nothing in any of our lives could stand before God--no person, no job, no material possession, no activity, no fame. We live to glorify God with all of creation. Spending our lives for any lessor goal does not make sense in light of who God is and in light of our destiny with Him. He can melt the mountains in our lives today and turn our worlds around for His glory. Bow down and let Him reign.

Posted by Kim at March 21, 2007 10:32 AM