Psalms 114:7-8 (NASBStr)
Tremble, O earth, before the Lord,
Before the God of Jacob,
Who turned the rock into a pool of water,
The flint into a fountain of water.
Psalm 114 is a praise hymn that speaks metaphorical of the mountains and the land asking what would make her tremble? It is a praise psalm asking the reader to consider that if the land trembles, why don't you and I? What would make nature tremble? What would cause the mountains to quake? The writer calls to mind the past history of Israel in their journey from Egypt to the Promise Land. He reminds them of the time when "mother nature" was trying to get her best of the nomads. Here were a million men, women and children and livestock stuck in the desert with no water. Moses was the leader and his brother Aaron his side-kick. Here is the reminder that in life we come up against the forces of nature that have no mercy and no prejudice. Jew or Gentile, nature will consume us in the desert by dehydration. Yet, here is God, taking a rock, mother natures formidable fortress, and causing water to flow like a Biblical flood. Despite the forces of nature, God can turn the rock into water. This is why nature trembles in the psalm. It fears The Lord. Jesus calmed the storm. Noah was consumed by a big fish who suddenly lost its ability to digest and became a boat rather than a consuming animal. The lions had their mouths frozen shut because God wanted to honor Daniel. The consuming torch of the flames were cooled by the word of God to protect the three Hebrew children. God used a donkey's voice, never heard before or since, to talk to a rebellious prophet. Why does the earth tremble? Because it knows that God can transform the rocks into wells. God can take the hardest and most difficult circumstance and change the course and bent of nature to accomplish His tasks. Don't fear the circumstances. Fear the God who can change the rock into water. That is where real faith and trust change the hard life into streams of living water.
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