Thunderous Power – The Presidential Prayer Team

The thunder of his power, who can understand. – Job 26:14

Lightning and what causes it has long been studied, and along with it, a meager mention of the resultant thunder. But more recently, scientific studies of thunder have revealed that less than ten percent of thunder’s sounds are audible to human ears. And considerable damage can be caused by the high-frequency components of the thunder. Sound waves as much as five miles from their lightning source have killed cattle and done structural damage to buildings. So, there is power in thunder. How about the power of God? What types of waves does it create? How does it resonate in your life?

In His mighty power, God can turn a heart of stone into one of flesh. He can turn upside down lives right side up. He is exalted above the heavens. What power has the Lord shown in your life? He saved you from the eternal damnation of hell into new and eternal life in Christ. He created an amazing plan for your life. Your highest thoughts cannot begin to match His. So, look for His power manifested each day in observable ways, from microscope to telescope, and within your own life and heart, which is reflected through your actions and behavior. “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him” (1 Corinthians 2:9).

Praise Him with great awe today. Intercede for the nation’s federal, state, and local governing officials to recognize the power of God. Ask that the Lord would reveal Himself to them in the tiniest of whispers or in the loudest peal of thunder so that their attention will be drawn to Him.

Today’s Verse: Job 26:14

“Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways,
and how small a whisper do we hear of him!
But the thunder of his power who can understand?“

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Recommended for further reading: Job 26:2-14

“How you have helped him who has no power!
    How you have saved the arm that has no strength!
³How you have counseled him who has no wisdom,
    and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
⁴With whose help have you uttered words,
    and whose breath has come out from you?
⁵The dead tremble
    under the waters and their inhabitants.
⁶Sheol is naked before God,
    and Abaddon has no covering.
⁷He stretches out the north over the void
    and hangs the earth on nothing.
⁸He binds up the waters in his thick clouds,
    and the cloud is not split open under them.
⁹He covers the face of the full moon
    and spreads over it his cloud.
¹⁰He has inscribed a circle on the face of the waters
    at the boundary between light and darkness.
¹¹The pillars of heaven tremble
    and are astounded at his rebuke.
¹²By his power he stilled the sea;
    by his understanding he shattered Rahab.
¹³By his wind the heavens were made fair;
    his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
¹⁴Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways,
    and how small a whisper do we hear of him!
    But the thunder of his power who can understand?”