Psalms 18:10

8 Smoke went up from His nostrils,
And devouring fire from His mouth;
Coals were kindled by it.

9 ^aHe bowed the heavens also, and came down
With darkness under His feet.

10 ^aAnd He rode upon a cherub, and flew;
^bHe flew upon the wings of the wind.

11 He made darkness His secret place;
^aHis canopy around Him was dark waters
And thick clouds of the skies.

12 ^aFrom the brightness before Him,
His thick clouds passed with hailstones and coals of fire.

13 The Lord thundered from heaven,
And the Most High uttered ^aHis voice,
¹Hailstones and coals of fire.

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Note David's mention of “[H]is clouds.” Numbers 10:34 refers to “the cloud of the LORD.” The clouds God rides (compare Psalm 68:4) are unique for at least two awe-inspiring reasons.

First, unlike the rainy-day clouds we experience so often (scientifically, the colloidal aerosol made up predominately of water vapor), God's clouds issue “coals of fire” as well as moisture. God's clouds are supernatural. They are in some ways like the clouds we know so well—the clouds that testify to God's power and divinity—but in other ways astonishingly different.

Second and more importantly, God's clouds reflect His glory. We might say God's clouds are a lens focusing His glory. When God's clouds are around, He is around! His clouds signal His presence.

Charles Whitaker
Clouds (Part One): A Really Special Cloud

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