OUR DAILY BREAD             Sat., June 24, 1995  
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READ: Psalm 93

                
               MIGHTIER THAN THE WAVES

      "The Lord on high is mightier...than the
              mighty waves of the sea."

                                -- Psalm 93:4

A howling storm roared off Lake Michigan, whipping
the much smaller Muskegon Lake into a frenzy.  The
force of the wind and waves ripped a dozen sailboats
from their moorings and tossed them toward shore.
Some of the runaway boats were rescued, but three
sank and another was badly damaged on the rocks.

The psalmist spoke of "the mighty waves of the sea" 
as a picture of God's awesome power.  He may have
witnessed gale-force winds as they brought huge
waves crashing in from the Mediterranean Sea against
the western coast of Philistia and Israel.  And the
squalls that assaulted the small but often stormy
Sea of Galilee gave him a vivid picture of God's 
might.

But how did he say the Lord uses His power?  God
uses His strength not to break things apart, but
to hold them together.  "Surely the world is
established," the psalmist wrote, "so that it
cannot be moved" (93:1).  And he described God's
words as "very sure" (v.5).

Both the world and the Word are anchored by God's
power.  In an unsettled, turbulent, destructive
society, that truth gives us great comfort.  Praise
God that His might is mightier than the waves.

                                -- David C. Egner

        I sing the mighty power of God
         That made the mountains rise,
     That spread the flowing seas abroad
          And built the lofty skies.
                
                                -- Watts
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           THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
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    The God who holds the universe is
        the God who's holding you.
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THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:  Psalms 91-93

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