Radiantly Reflecting His Resplendence: Psalm 76-Supplication through the Scripture
Radiantly Reflecting His Resplendence Psalm 76 Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God. Exodus 34:29 ESV God, in His goodness and kindness toward us, created a world we could see and touch, a world we could perceive with our senses. He did this, not only for our enjoyment, but so that through these things we could begin to understand the magnitude of His glory and get a taste of His beauty. The greatness of the sun in its splendor is one example of God’s creation that just begins to show us the “fringes of His ways” and is a “small whisper” of how great our God is (Job 26:14). Habakkuk, in his prayer, said of God, “His radiance is like the sunlight; He has rays flashing from His hand, and there is the hiding of His power” (3:4 NASB). He uses a familiar object, the sunlight, and helps us to get a glimpse of the radiance of God. We cannot even look directly at the sun without the risk of damaging our eyes. To us, the ...