Honey and Water From The Rock

In my meditations upon the psalms during this Lenten season I came upon this phrase from Psalm 81:7, "In distress you called, and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder." A search of the Internet brought me to the following poem I commend to you today. 

The poem is from D.L. Tanner's  first book A Truly Successful Life . 

In the Secret Place of Thunder

(Psalm 81: 5, 7 NRSV)

In the black silence of night

I hear a voice whispering

That I had not known:

“In distress you called, and I rescued you;

I answered you

In the secret place of thunder.”

As the storms of life rolled overhead

My God was there

In the secret place of thunder.

As the lightning flashed and the sky shook

My God was there

In the secret place of thunder.

When the rain pelted me

And I stumbled and fell

And cried in the night –

When the floods boiled about me

And threatened to drown me

In murky darkness –

In the midst of it all

My God was there

In the secret place of thunder.

So when my life is dark

And the thunder rumbles,

I know I am never alone.

Even in the fiercest storm

My God is there

In the secret place of thunder.

Psalm 81 concludes with these encouraging words to God's children: "But he would feed you with the finest of the wheat, and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you" (Psalm 81:16). This reminds us that the Lord brought His people to a good land, as He promised to do. Speaking of their journey from bondage to freedom, the Apostle Paul encourages us to learn from them and trust in the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was Christ (Romans 10:4).