Psalm 29:10
10 The LORD [Yahovah] sitteth [yashab] upon the flood [mabbuwl];
yea, the LORD [Yahovah] sitteth [yashab] King [melek] for ever [`owlam]. KJV-Interlinear
10 The
Lord sat as King at the flood; Yes, the Lord sits as King forever. NASB
The storm that has been
described in these verses, along with the voices of God, indicate that Gods
hand is in the storm, which is the judgment.
Judgment is not lacking in direction.
Judgment does not occur randomly or by chance. And even though God has placed many physical
laws in place to serve as boundaries for storms and disasters, they are still
not without external controls.
When the flood occurred
in Noah’s day, it came as a result of Gods command.
When the earth seemingly
falls apart in the final days of history, that too is at Gods command.
And while the earth moves
slowly and reconfigures itself over the millennia, the timing of mans evil and
the worlds storms, though seemingly coincidental, really are not.
Remember that God set out
the divine decrees for history a long time ago, which set forth all of the
events of history, it is not without surprise that God would coordinate evil
activities with natures storms.
God created the angels.
God created the universe. God saw the
fall of angels which was by their decision. God saw the deterioration of the
universe, including the earth. God saw the restoration of the earth and the
creation of man to resolve the angelic conflict. Gods saw mans fall and the need for a
savior. God saw all of the generations
of humanity and the final need for a final judgment.
In eternity past, God saw
all of these things and made provisions for each and every event no matter how
small or large. Nothing in history
happens by accident. Nothing in your
life happens by accident, even though you may be your own worst enemy.
And what this verse is
saying, is that God controls history. Nothing occurs without Gods
knowledge. Nothing occurs without Gods
permission. Even your own bad decisions
are allowed, because God will let you make bad decisions. Thus you have no one to blame, and especially
not God.
Why does God allow so
much evil and heartache and suffering in this world? Because, God allows man to choose his own
course in life, and man is his own source of pain and suffering.
When Adam and Eve were in
the garden, the garden was beautiful and perfect. In the garden there was no pain or suffering
or heartache of any kind. But man chose
against God and brought sin and death upon himself.
But even in the bad,
there is good, because that bad decision on Adam and Eve’s part, brought about
the promise of a savior and eternal life, which is a life far better than what
they would have had in the garden, had they lived there forever, but it also
paved the way for you and me to be born into this world and have our
opportunity for a life and a destiny with God.
Jesus Christ is God. Jesus Christ controls history. Nothing happens without His knowledge or
permission, and all of His decisions and provisions for history are for the better
for everyone.
