A “through the bible” devotion from Psalm 97.
Mountains are obstacles. When they’re too hard to climb over, travelers go out of their way to find passes between peaks. If there’s time, explosives tunnel out roads beneath the hills. Switchback roads zig zag up and down slopes too steep to drive straight up and down, adding miles to a otherwise short journey. Many just settle when they reach the foothills, unable to go any further.
Mountains are obstacles – unless you’re the Lord.
The mountains melt like wax before the Lord,
before the Lord of all the earth. (Psalm 97:5)
I struggle to grasp God’s omnipotence. What does a power greater than any other power look or feel like? We like powerful things. The world’s strongest man. The most powerful computer. The hottest hot pepper. Headlines celebrate the most powerful rocket that lifts off into space.
While training or innovation takes people farther and faster, there are still mountains. Mountains never go anywhere. They remain obstacles.
Mountains stretch high into the sky because the Creator instructed them to do so. They break into praise at the mention of God’s saving work. Jesus said a speck of faith in God could launch a mountain into the sea. They know and respect the sheer power of God.
I love the psalmist’s poetic way praising God’s unequaled power. If the mountains are no obstacle, what could ever keep us from his great love?
Waite for it... 