ascribe glory

"Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name...


The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders...
And in his temple all cry, 'Glory!'...


the Lord is enthroned as King forever...


For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime;
weeping may remain for a night,
but rejoicing comes in the morning.


You turned my wailing into dancing;
you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
that my heart may sing to you and not be silent.
O LORD my God, I will give you thanks forever."
psalms 29: 2, 3, 9b, 10b & 30: 5, 11, 12


To "ascribe" is to attribute something to...we are to attribute to the Lord, the glory that is due His Name.  Why?  David, the writer of these psalms, identifies one reason: God's voice.  His voice alone is over the waters, it thunders, it is powerful, majestic, breaks trees (v.5), strikes with flashes of lightning (v.7), shakes the desert (v.8), twists the oaks and strips the forest bare (v.9).  And that is just His voice!  Ascribe Him the glory due His Name!

David goes on.  His anger lasts only a moment but His favor forever.  This is true for those of us who call ourselves "saved," meaning we believe that Jesus died once for all, to save us from our sins.  His favor is on us forever because He sees Jesus when He looks at us!  Though we weep, we can rejoice!  We wept when we weren't saved, and we weep even now.  But the truth applies to both...rejoicing comes in the morning.  On nights when I have cried over various things, I always find there is a distinct difference in the morning.  The darkness is gone.  There is light.  And the same is true for my emotions.  It's as if I've almost, for a moment, forgotten what it was that I wept about the night before.  Rejoicing does come in the morning.

Lord, You have done and continue to do so much for us.  May my heart sing and not be silent!  You were God, are God, and always will be God.  There are so many reasons for us to ascribe to You the glory due Your Name.  May that be the scarlet thread that weaves its way through every situation I go through today: Praise You for You are worthy of all glory.