Trivia:
You guys amaze me, it took me a long time to figure out which letter wasn't present in these names. Yes, it was Q, as my mom used to say, "You better mindf your p's and q's". Ha! Ha!
Here's another trivia quandry, What does the word "yonder" mean? Nearby; over there; close by; Or right here?
Challenge:
Psalm 68:32-35 "Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth. Sing praises to the Lord. 33 Sing to the one who rides across the ancient heavens, His mighty voice thundering from the sky. 34 Tell everyone about God's power. His majesty shines down in Israel; His strength is mighty in the heavens. 35 God is awesome in His sanctury. The God of Israel gives power and strength to His people. Praise be to God!"
In this last part of Psalm 68 the writer encourages the nations of the earth to praise God for His power and strength. This writings exalts God for His deliverances of the past, and the blessings of the present, while pointing to the future triumph that He will conclude with in the days to come.
As the Ark disappears inside the tabernacle, the people join outside to speak a final prayer. and a song urging the nations of the earth to praise the Lord. This prayer will finally be answered in the Millennium when the temple will be seen in all of its glory, when as Isaiah 60:6 tells us, the kings of the earth will bring frankincense and gold to the Great King. "Vast caravans of camels will converge on you, the camels of Midian and Ethan. The people of Sheba will bring gold and frankincense and will come worshiping the Lord."
Notice in verse 33 "His mighty voice thundering from the sky"; this term of God's voice and thunder often appears throughout the Bible, in Psalm 18:13, Job 37:2 as well as many other time throughout the book of Revelation. Psalm 29:4 states it this way. "The voice of the Lord is powerful; The voice of the Lord is majestic. 5 The voice of the Lord splits the mighty cedars; the Lord shatters the cedars of Lebanon."
GO WITH GOD, my dear one, remember, "The God of Israel gives power and strength to His people." You are His people my dear one, and He promises to give you His strength. Not just strength, but His strength, over all of the forces of the earth, and of the universe.
Remember: Remember: Remember: When you stand facing your problems, worries, challenges of today, you are promised that you are confronting them not in your own power, but in the mighty power of our eternal God. Here: He is above, over, around, and through every challenge we face today, rest in His mighty power, for your are His precious child.
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