Praise the Lord for the glorious morning. I woke up early to watch the
sunrise. The trees were still and tranquil. The birds were flying gently,
almost in a prayerful mood. The grass seemed silent yet vigorously green. Now
the sun is risen in the eastern sky. All is beautiful. The daffodils are
blooming with much beauty and triumph after a long winter. The forsythia bushes
are blooming along all the driveway and the fruit trees are coming out of a
long season of dormancy. In the world, full of wars and rumor of wars,
earthquakes, and violence, the Lord reminds us to "Be still and know that I am
God". The sunshine will be abundant and brilliant today and we all can say is:
"when morning gilds the skies. . ."
One of my favorite Psalms is Psalm 92. "The
Lord is King, and hath put on glorious apparel; the Lord hath put on His
apparel, and girded Himself with strength. He hath made the round world so
sure, that it cannot be moved. Ever since the world began, hath thy seat been
prepared: thou art from everlasting. The floods are risen, O Lord, the floods
have lift up their voice; the floods lift up their waves. The waves of the sea
are mighty, and rage horribly; but yet the Lord, who dwelleth on high, is
mightier. Thy testimonies, O Lord, are very sure: holiness becometh thine house
for ever" (Psalm 92).
The meaning of this Scripture is fully
realized in Christ our Lord. Jesus’ ministry began with His creation in awe of
Him, as a star obediently guided Gentiles to His manger-throne-room. In His
earthly ministry, the wind and the waves obeyed Him. At His crucifixion,
Christ’s creation reacted to the Creator being crucified by the Created and
turned dark at noon, trembling from within the bowels of the earth. At His
glorious resurrection, creation received a sign of hope: Because Christ is
raised from the dead, then the world, long held under the dominion of sin and
its wretched consequences, is now liberated and moving with undeterred certainty
to its own resurrection.
Jesus Christ is the glorious King who is Risen
and who reigns. The world points out that there is a new world on its
way. Czeslaw Milosz (1911-2004) remarked, “A true opium for
the people is a belief in nothingness after death.” Christ, the
resurrected King of the Universe, has given us hope that the world, including
our world, our dreams, our lives, our intuitive longing for eternity, is headed
for total redemption. A new world is now on its way. The trees of the fields
clap their hands, and the sound of the great waters breaking against the shore
raise their voices, “The Lord is King. A new heaven and a new earth has been
inaugurated with the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. Everything has
changed.”
“Your testimonies are sure, and holiness
adorns Your house, O Lord, forever and ever more.” The psalmist grounds all that he has said in the very Word of the
Lord. He is King in His radiant wear, resurrection, world, and all of creation
because of His Word. God spoke
creation into being with His Word. God announced redemption would come and
proclaimed resurrection by His Word. Christ was raised from the dead by the Word
of the Lord. His Word is our ultimate proof of it all.
In Christ,
Brown
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