Thunder ….lightning …

 Thunder, lightning….

Last night a thunder, lightning and rain storm….we were near Jasper, Alberta…high mountains surrounding us…so when the thunder rolled, it reverberated back and forth and all around us…we could hear it for miles up and down the valley…

The lightning flashed, crackling amount the trees, mountains, rivers and lakes…and then the rain poured, hopefully putting out any fires that may have been started…

This was all in the middle of the night for probably about 45-60 minutes…all of us looked pretty groggy at our 7 am breakfast call…

It was an amazing storm that got all of our attention…

There are some amazing verses about thunder, lightning…from Exodus to Revelations…power, majesty….just a few…

 He made darkness his canopy around him—the dark rain clouds of the sky. Out of the brightness of his presence bolts of lightning blazed forth. The Lord thundered from heaven;the voice of the Most High resounded.

2Sam.22.12-14

 Who can understand how he spreads out the clouds,how he thunders from his pavilion? 

His thunder announces the coming storm;even the cattle make known its approach. 

Listen! Listen to the roar of his voice,to the rumbling that comes from his mouth. 

He unleashes his lightning beneath the whole heaven and sends it to the ends of the earth. 

After that comes the sound of his roar;he thunders with his majestic voice.

When his voice resounds,he holds nothing back. God’s voice thunders in marvelous ways;

he does great things beyond our understanding. 

He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’and to the rain shower, ‘Be a mighty downpour.’

Job.36.29,Job.36.33,Job.37.2-6

 The clouds poured down water,the heavens resounded with thunder;your arrows flashed back and forth. 

Your thunder was heard in the whirlwind,your lightning lit up the world;the earth trembled and quaked.

Ps.77.17-18

 The Lord reigns, he is robed in majesty;the Lord is robed in majesty and armed with strength;indeed, the world is established, firm and secure. 

Your throne was established long ago;you are from all eternity. Mightier than the thunder of the great waters,mightier than the breakers of the sea—the Lord on high is mighty. 

Your statutes, Lord, stand firm;holiness adorns your housefor endless days.

Ps.93.1-2Ps.93.4-5

 But God made the earth by his power;he founded the world by his wisdom and stretched out the heavens by his understanding. When he thunders, the waters in the heavens roar;he makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth.

He sends lightning with the rain and brings out the wind from his storehouses.

Jer.10.12-13

 Ask the Lord for rain in the springtime;it is the Lord who sends the thunderstorms.

He gives showers of rain to all people,and plants off the field to everyone.

Zech.10.1

 Then I heard what sounded like a great multitude, like the roar of rushing waters and like loud peals of thunder, shouting:“Hallelujah!For our Lord God Almighty reigns. 

Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory!

For the wedding of the Lamb has come,and his bride has made herself ready. 

Fine linen, bright and clean,was given her to wear.”(Fine linen stands for the righteous acts of God’s holy people.) 

Then the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!” 

And he added, “These are the true words of God.”

Rev.19.6-9

These words  from the Word get our attention as does thunder and lightning…

Thank YOU…

Praise you in the storm…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ype1xE0wzsg

Majesty…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNnTFDNPT3U