Saturday, September 24, 2016

Psalm 104

These all wait for You,
That You may give them their food in due season. v.27


Read chapter 104
A poet's version of Genesis is what Charles Spurgeon calls Psalm 104.  We see poetically the days of creation described from verses 1-26.  It is the voices of nature that seem to speak and although it doesn't mention the making of man, no doubt it was man who wrote and sing this psalm. There is sin in nature and animals too, but we don't see them rebel from God like man does.  Bible teacher Nancy Walgamuth describes this psalm as "a magnificent psalm that talks about how all creation, the animals, the birds, the flowers, the vegetation, all creatures in heaven and on earth understand that God has ordained a purpose and a plan for their existence, and they gladly embrace it and fulfill it. Who are the only rebels? Human beings, created in the image, the likeness of God. We could learn something from the plants and the animals about accepting and joyfully embracing God’s plan for our lives, and joyfully embracing it, not reluctantly, not grudgingly."
Verse 27 says these (referring to all things created) wait for You (God).  All creation knows their Maker and waits for Him, why not humans?  What can you learn from creation of God's providence, provision, care?  Like the sunflower that always faces the sun let's turn the spotlight towards God instead of ourselves.

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