The original Korean text : https : / / stevision . blog . me / 50025255820 >> 1 Ascribe to the Lord , O heavenly beings , ascribe to the Lord glory and strength . 2 Ascribe to the Lord the glory of his name ; worship the Lord in holy array . 3 The voice of the Lord is upon the waters ; the God of glory thunders , the Lord , upon many waters . 4 The voice of the Lord is powerful , the voice of the Lord is full of majesty . 5 The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars , the Lord breaks the cedars of Lebanon . . ... 7 The voice of the Lord flashes forth flames of fire . . .. 9 The voice of the Lord makes the oaks to whirl , and strips the forests bare ; and in his temple all cry , “ Glory ! ” 10 . .. the Lord sits enthroned as king for ever . 11 May the Lord give strength to his people ! May the Lord bless his people with peace ! ( Ps 29 ) << The God is the King of all kings . David was the king of Israel , and God was worshipped by David . David knelt before God and worshipped him , with his head on the ground . We know that God is worthy to be worshipped by all kings in the world , from the fact that such a king as David , who was so competent and majestic and was respected by many people , worshipped God so . David says that all people should ascribe all glory and power to God . There are many truly powerful , or capable people in the world . There are many who have excellent physical strength , intelligence , and a lot of wealth . However if they say such things are inherent to them or that they have obtained them by their own ability , they do not ascribe them to God . You ascribe the power and ability to God when you say that you are carrying out well the task of the job with the power God has given you . The power of nature is so great . What a roaring sound when it thunders ! Sometimes wild beasts were consternated at the sound , and aborted . Big trees were struck by the lightning , and had their big strong branches cut off . If a fire breaks out in the forest , all the grand trees turn to ashes . However beautiful your house may be , the house , if a fire breaks out , will become useless and look hideous . You ascribe the power to God if you acknowledge that the power of God is greater than that great power of the nature . We must admit that God is the One who created the whole world and who determines the birth and death and the fortune and misfortune of all creatures . He who confesses all his ability came from God is a man who ascribes the power to God . God gives big power to him who ascribes the power to him . When a man who lacks ability prays to God for the ability , God will grant him the ability , seeing his faith in God ' s power . Are you incapable of obtaining food ? Ask God for the ability . Are you feeble ? Pray to God for the power of health . Are you unable to love brothers ? Pray to God for the capability of love . He who lacks the capability of wisdom , perseverance , sociability and holiness must pray to God . God will be greatly delighted in him and surely hear him . On the contrary , be careful , if you overestimate your ability and are proud before God and man ! Never forget the warning that the God who can destroy a beautiful hill into an ashy desert in a moment , and consternate beasts into abortion can also make your great works into ashes and bring your good plans to nought . You ' ll never have to groan under failures thanks to incapability all your life , if you thank God for the ability God has already given you , and pray to God for powers needed today and tomorrow , and obtain them from God . If we humbly wait for God ' s time in prayer , our incompetence will never stand in our way . My inability today is a vessel to be filled with the power of God . But he who thinks he can something fills his vessel of inability with falseness and delusion , so that the vessel can ' t accept new powers from God . The position of king is very honorable . God is in the everlasting glory because he is the everlasting King . Glory requires goodness , power and honor . God is a good One who hates sins and wickedness . He is a potent One who gives the righteous the eternal life , the wicked the eternal judgement . He is a glorious One as the God who created the world and is alone omnipotent . Who is the one that ascribes glory to God ? He who thinks God to be his king is the one who ascribes glory to God . He who accepts God as his king never betrays him , but acclaims his lofty character and grace , works hard for him , resists God ' s antagonists , and absolutely obeys his word . The beauty of the country is the glory of the king , the wealth of the country is the glory of the king , and the splendid culture of the country is the glory of the king . He who gives glory to God lives a beautiful , powerful and holy life . We should ascribe to the Lord the glory of his name and worship the Lord in holy array ( v . 2 ) . We must acknowledge him as the highest God . The glory proper for him is to worship him with all that I have , including myself . In particular , we should worship him in holy robes . He does not accept our worship if we worship him in sins and wickedness , for it is not a proper worship for him . If we worship God as holy offerings , we become a holy sacrifice to him , so the holiest being in the world . All things offered to God are God ' s , so they become the holiest . If we worship God as clean offerings , he will be glorified by us and sanctify us . A cruel king in the world uses ruthless violence to his subjects when he has some power . He mercilessly exploits his people , suppresses them and even commits genocide . People having such a king feel exhausted and suffer continuous anxiety . But Jehovah sitting on the eternal throne is a king who is good and powerful . " May the Lord give strength to his people ! May the Lord bless his people with peace ! ( v . 11 ) " A good king regards his people ' s pain as his pain , and his people ' s joy as his joy . My brethren , the Lord is your King , and you are his people . He is a good king to you . He does not want you to suffer , or to shed tears in pain , or to lament over your life . He hopes that you can laugh , be satisfied with happiness and live in peace . Therefore he gives you strength and the blessing of peace . My brethren , David says that the voice of God is like thunder , as is written in the text ( v . 3 ) . Some people can ' t hear even the sound of the thunder . They are the deaf . And an absentminded man can never hear you however big voice you may make . When does the word of God become like a thunder to you ? The voice of God that rebukes me is like the sound of a thunder . The words of God that scold you severely when you read the Scripture or listen to the sermons , or that come from the deep conscience are bigger than a thunder to your ears as long as you ' re a normal Christian . You can ' t help but kneel down before the voice , and subject yourself to the voice . You feel threatened like you will be struck by lightning at once if you pretend not to hear the voice . May you hear the rebuking voice of God like a thunder ! The sound of the words of God will never reach to you if your faith has faded away and died down . My brethren , be attentive to the voice of the Holy Spirit , and be completely obedient to the voice whether you meet important things or trifling things . David says that the word of God is powerful ( v . 4 ) . Human beings make a lot of worthless words , big words , deceitful words , and vain words . Such words are powerless even if they are loud , numerous and plausible . But God ' s words are powerful . He said , and the world was created from nothing . He says ; and the sick are healed , the dead rise , water springs from a rock in the desert , the manna , or heavenly bread , comes down from heaven , and the miracle of ' two fish and five loaves of bread ' takes place . God ' s word is truth , so it is powerful . God ' s word comes from the righteousness of God ’ s person , so it is powerful . God is all - powerful , so his word is powerful . All words of humans , in the presence of the words of God , are blown away like chaff . All human beings collapse before the word of God as before a fierce flame . No one can dare to resist it . The promise God has made will certainly be fulfilled . If he says ' Yes ' to something , it will certainly come true ; if ' No ', it will never be possible . He who belittles such a powerful word of God will perish while he who acknowledges the power of the word of God and obeys it will prosper and occupy the land God created . David says the word of God is majestic ( v . 4 ) . You will get a prize if you live a life of obeying the majestic word of God . However he who disobeys the majestic word will be punished . God says to the sinners , " Repent ! " He says to us that we should have no gods except him ( the God ) , keep the Sabbath solemnly , love our neighbors as ourselves . All his words are majestic , because he passes the final judgment on everyone of all humans . His word is the law . Not a letter of the law of God will be abolished until the end of the world . See how the world goes today . Not only laymen but also priests do not listen to God ' s word like a thunder , but regard it as powerless word , and hardly acknowledge the majesty of his word . This happened because some pastors , being blinded by greed and losing the hearing ability of the conscience as well thereby , have become a wicked model of a religioner when they have paid little attention to the word of God , the exhortation of the other pastors , and the resentment of the saints , and have gone their way stubbornly . The church in Korea is solemnly celebrating the 100 th anniversary of the Great Revival in Pyongyang these days . How can the Korean church revive ? As the voice of God breaks the cedars ( v . 5 ) , the voice of God must break the haughty pride of some greedy pastors , and strike their kingdoms into dust . The voice of God must become fire to burn up the sins and the wickedness of the greedy pastors . The laity can repent if they have sinned . No lay believers are as good as the Korean laity . I think Korean laymen are not so wrong . You can hardly find good believers like them who , with such devotion , respect and serve the wicked pastors as the servants of God . The problem is some pastors . When such greedy and stubborn evil pastors are first healed by God ' s word , the Korean church will be healthy and skip like a young wild ox before God ( v . 6 ) . Even a whispering voice of God was as big as a thunder to David . He acknowledged the power and majesty of God ' s word , and obeyed it thoroughly . So he received a power from God that no one had ever received , and became a king of a nation . He could enjoy the blessing of peace in God even in numerous adversities and external challenges . My brethren , do you want to have the blessing of peace , living like a king ? Treat the word of God as David did . God is the King . He appoints as king him who willingly hearkens to his word and faithfully obeys it . David also gladly inclined his ear to the word of God and became a king . You should give ear to the word of God when it comes to you in various ways . Then you ' ll be a leader in the church or in the society . The unchanging and impartial God will make you another David . May your spirit ' s ears be opened to the words of God , so that you can understand them and obey God ; and may you be abundantly blessed with high esteem and peace as David was . Chong Tack Kim - Dongtoma Sunshine Church -