Psalm 104: 1, 2 “Bless the Lord, O my soul! O lord my God, You are very great: You are clothed with honour and majesty. Who cover Yourself with light as with a garment, who stretch out the heavens like a curtain.”
Dear God,
Without the evidences of Your love and creative power, I cannot imagine I could live at peace on this earth, for because of these I am reassured and kept secure in my mind. Please cause me to more often stop and appreciate Your might, power and merciful love toward all mankind. I believe I only live because of Your loving power that first created me and has sustained me over these long years. Praise Your blessed name, for not only have I been sustained, but blessed, with my prayers of desperation heard and answered, as well as those of thanks and praise.
I find always, that it is good for my mind and soul to think of You and Your creative works, instead of my worries and woes. As I reflect, I wonder why sometimes I take so long to do so, when rich blessings always result when I do so. Please on this new day, keep my mind focused upon You and Your works. I have been reminded of the universe and the clouds in Psalm 104: 3 “…..the clouds His chariot, who walks on the wings of the wind.” V4 “Who makes His angels spirits, His minister’s a flame of fire.” You made the foundations of the earth immovable, as well as the oceans and the seas, which respond to Your voice, V9 “You have set a boundary that they may not pass over, that they may not return to cover the earth.” You have promised that there will never be a world-wide flood again. All nature has been made by Your creative power, and You provide springs of water for the animals, insects and birds, You created, as well as grass and vegetation; the trees have sap, and provide a dwelling and protection for birds and some animals. V19, 20 “He appointed the moon for seasons; the sun know it’s going down. You make darkness, and it is night, to which all beasts of the forest creep about.” There is so much more I could mention and give You praise about, V 24, 25 “O Lord, how manifold are Your works! In wisdom You have made them all. The earth is full of Your possessions – this great and wide sea, in which are innumerable teeming things, living things both small and great.”
As I think on all creation from the largest, farthest, to the smallest, and all I know about that has come from You Almighty God and Creator, I cannot keep silent and thoughts of thanks and praise ascend from my awed and grateful, almost incredulous mind! Bringing home that I am just one very small part of Your creation, but still of infinite value to You; confirmed by the life and sacrificial death of Jesus on my (all) behalf).
The words form in my humbled mind, “all to Jesus I surrender”.
Amen