Learning to Listen #17

Psalm 29 is a call to worship written by David:

1 Ascribe to the Lord, O heavenly beings,
    ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
2 Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;
    worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness.
3 The voice of the Lord is over the waters;
    the God of glory thunders,
    the Lord, over 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.
6 He makes Lebanon to skip like a calf,
    and Sirion like a young wild ox.
7 The voice of the Lord flashes forth flames of fire.
8 The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness;
    the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.
9 The voice of the Lord makes the deer give birth
    and strips the forests bare,
    and in his temple all cry, “Glory!”
10 The Lord sits enthroned over the flood;
    the Lord sits enthroned as king forever.
11 May the Lord give strength to his people!
    May the Lord bless his people with peace!

Having called us to worship the Lord, David describes this worship as a sight and sound event, with an emphasis on the sound side. The voice of the Lord is shouting, thundering, making all kinds of noise for us to hear. Can we hear Him now? Are we listening? Like Jeremiah, in his Lamentations, we might need to "keep silence before Him" in worship, so we can hear Him, but once we learn to listen, we will find ourselves crying out "Glory!", because we have heard Him loud and clear, and He is worthy of praise.