His voice turns the cedars of Lebanon to splinters. I endeavored to imagine this. Even though imagining God is frustrating for me because it seems to be pointless (He tells us He is beyond our imaginings); I wanted to focus on one part of Him.
I began creating a visual in my mind. While driving to work I began looking at the trees I was passing and started to image them exploding into so many different pieces. That was pretty awe-inspiring because I began thinking that the trees I was passing are like twigs in comparison to the cedars of Lebanon.
My imaginings continued as I began to visualize huge lips blowing on the trees and then the trees exploding as the lips breathed on them.
That continued until I suddenly realized (no, not that He doesn’t have lips, I know that), but that it says, “His voice” turns the cedars of Lebanon to splinters. He does not require the movement of air to disassemble the trees. He doesn’t require the use of a voice box. If He would but speak from His eternal throne, they would break into splinters.
That then caused me (after some days) to think about the explode part. Would they explode or would they implode? Imploding, to me, implies more of a liquefying, an internal break down. Exploding would send the tree pieces flying. The tree is reacting to God. Humans bow. We fall before Him, we collapse. Bowing for a tree wouldn’t be chucking all parts through all of creation, but would be falling to pieces before His splendor.
Falling to pieces before His splendor. The mountains melt before Him. The MOUNTAINS. I tried to imagine those melting as I drove to school.
I then began pondering why He chooses to “hide” Himself. He must. In our sinful state He must reveal Himself in little pieces in order to protect us. All creation seeks to fall at His feet in reverential-awe, in fear, in knowing that He is worthy of anything and everything and we are nothing expect what He has chosen to make us. Our atoms would seek to fall before Him (I would assume so – if the mountains melt and the trees splinter up.)
It is His lovingkindness that chooses to take away from HIS glory and HIS name in order to ...Philippians 2. That He would lower Himself to flesh so that we COULD know Him and see Him. That He would enter flesh to defeat sin on its own territory in the flesh!! That He could manifest Himself to us. That He would be glorified.
“I will extol you, my God and King, and bless Your name forever and ever. Every day I will bless You and praise Your name forever and ever. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, and His greatness is unsearchable. One generation shall commend Your works to another, and shall declare Your mighty acts. On the glorious splendor of Your majesty, and on your wondrous works, I will meditate. They shall speak of the might of Your awesome deeds, and I will declare Your greatness. They shall pour forth the fame of Your abundant goodness and shall sing aloud of Your righteousness. The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. The Lord is good to all, and His mercy is over all that He has made. All Your works shall give thanks to You, O Lord, and all Your saints will bless You! They shall speak of the glory of Your kingdom and tell of Your power, to make known to the children of man Your mighty deeds, and the glorious splendor of Your kingdom. Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom and your dominion endures throughout all generations. The Lord is faithful in all His words and kind in all His works. The Lord upholds all who are falling and raises up all who are bowed down. The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in due season. You open Your hand; You satisfy the desire of every living thing. The Lord is righteous in all His ways and kind in all His works. The Lord is near to all who call on Him, to all who call on Him in truth. He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He also hears their cry and saves them. The Lord preserves all who love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy. My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord, and let all flesh bless His holy name forever and ever.”
Psalm 145
(I then tried to imagine a huge pile of splinters. How many feet of splinters would a cedar of Lebanon make? I do not know. Another frustrating thing to imagine.)
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