This is one of the most picturesque Verses in all of the Bible, to me anyway.
“The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, AND THE CLOUDS ARE THE DUST OF HIS FEET.” Again, Nahum 1:3.
We had weather, severe weather, here last night. Where I am preaching Revival this week. (In Illinois, perhaps still southern Illinois?)
Clouds, dark and foreboding, from horizon to horizon, west to east.
Clouds with noise (thunder) and hurling powerful bolts of lightning!
And yet, conversely, even on a fair-weather day, the clouds can put on quite a display of beauty.
All shapes and intensities and speeds, just “water vapor” the scientists say. But not the theologians! Nor the Bible poets either!
Yes … THE DUST OF HIS FEET!
That’s what they are to me.
God, my God, my Saviour is the very Creator of those clouds.
And just like He walked on the water, in a storm nonetheless … so can He (and does He) walk on the winds in equally intense storms! Leaving “dust” behind!
Learn to see the Lord in His creation!
And today or tonight, start with the clouds.
Yes, clouds are beautiful by moonlight too.
Watch his Footsteps soon!
— Dr. Mike Bagwell
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