September 18
September 18
Psalm 104:31–35
A New World
When Jesus Christ is your Savior and God is your Father, when the Holy Spirit is within you and the Word of God is teaching you, all of creation takes on new beauty and new blessing. The sky is a deeper blue, and the earth is a richer green. You don’t see just creation; you see the Creator. And you don’t simply see a Creator; you see the Heavenly Father, who cares for you.
“I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. May my meditation be sweet to Him; I will be glad in the Lord” (vv. 33–34). The psalmist wrote these words after considering all of God’s creation. He looked at the waters, the mountain springs and the rushing rivers. He heard the birds singing in the branches. He saw the cattle eating grass. He saw man baking bread and making oil. He watched the sun rise and set. “See all this?” he said. “I’m going to rejoice in this Creator, who is my God.”
All creation is travailing in pain because of sin (Rom. 8:22). But our Creator is still in charge, and His creation, in spite of sin, still has great beauty and great wealth. Did you know that God rejoices in His creation? “May the glory of the Lord endure forever; may the Lord rejoice in His works” (v. 31). He rejoices to hear the birds sing. He rejoices to see the rivers flow.
Let’s rejoice in His works also. And let’s rejoice that God is glorified as we obey Him today.
God is glorified by His works, for they reflect His greatness. When you look at creation, do you see His greatness? Rejoice with Him as He rejoices in His creative works. “Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!” (Phil. 4:4).