"God's Personhood" -2

"Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race." (Psalms 19:5) I really love the way David thinks; his way of describing what is experienced in the heart has a deep richness that borders on the edge of simplicity and complexity. Two very confident areas of trust are portrayed in this verse above; one involves love and the other involves strength. The first of which portrays the heart of a bridegroom as he exits from his chamber, having consecrated the marriage, and now his marriage is sealed and the affinity of the marriage has been contracted. The main point to this way of examining how trust might play a part in this, is that the bridegroom now knows the bride, for they have consecrated the marriage on their nuptial bed, and are now one flesh. The nuptial bed is one that portrays the first experience of sexual relations between a husband and wife, and in many cultures, is not too far from the place where the wedding ceremony had taken place. The second portrait that is of a strong man to run a race, portrays the heart within the one who is fit to win the race that he is about to begin. He you have ever been in a race, especially one that is based upon endurance, then you might have experienced this feeling if you had prepared to win that race. It is a feeling of hunger for the victory that you feel you are about to win, and it creates a sense of joy for the opportunity to express that which you have put many hours of training and preparation into. Now, what happens after the race starts might be a different story, but prior to that race, their is a trust which has been established in the strength built up to the race which is about to begin. Both of these illustrations are given life in God's creation, and are part of the sacred tent of Jehovah God, our God of creation, of life, and of our salvation. The difference between us and God, is that God will not fail; His ways are sure and true, and what He has established to happen will happen, this we can be assured of. If you really take the time to think about this concept of how our trust is established, you will discover that God has portrayed His personhood in all of creation, and that with each new day that He brings around to us, He brings another opportunity to experience His nuptial bed, and another opportunity to run the race set before us...