Can you feel the mountains tremble?

Ah, another day to ruminate. Let's try something from the Psalms this wonderful morning.

In a Psalm that speaks to a coming Messiah and the beauty of his reign, we read this: "Let the mountains give exuberant witness; shape the hills with the contours of right living. Please stand up for the poor, help the children of the needy, come down hard on the cruel tyrants. Outlast the sun, outlive the moon -- age after age after age."

Uh, wow. What a glorious thought.

Even the mountains give exuberant witness. They shout in glory. They cry out in glory. They are colored in glory. His glory.

Remember Jesus' proclamation when some of the chief scribes and elders talked about getting the folks to clam up when he arrived into Jerusalem for the final go-round? "If I did," he said, "even the stones would cry out."

They're still crying out.

This morning as I think about all the wonderful, exciting things happening in our church (new men's group forming, a new women's Bible study going on, another Bible study beginning Sunday and still another Bible study starting in a smaller church on Mondays, a youth group that still is going great guns, working with Christmas Child and with Angel Tree and on and on), even the, uh, hills are crying out to God.

The Holy Spirit is dancing in Eunice right now, right as we speak, just before we send out 1,000 Christmas Card invitations to homes around the church, to come be a part of the seeking and saving of the lost.

The Holy Spirit is smiling and as families in Iota are reached with gifts for Thanksgiving and for Christmas.

The Holy Spirit is singing as we figure what is to come next, and then He is giving us the power to do it in Church Point and beyond.

The Psalmist continues, "Be rainfall on cut grass, earth-refreshing rain showers. Let righteousness burst into blossom and peace abound until the moon fades to nothing. Rule from sea to sea, from the River to the Rim."

That's our God. That's Jesus. That's a real blessing and filling of the Holy Spirit.

Can you feel the mountains tremble? Can you feel the oceans roar?

That's the movement going on. Catch the wave today and tell someone about what Jesus has done for you, and you will feel that same urge to dance and smile and sing.

That's not my promise, by the way. That is his.