Psalms 92:4 (ESV Strong's)
For you, O Lord, have made me glad by your work;
at the works of your hands I sing for joy.
Subject: God's Creation
As this devotional is written I am at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. I have spent the last days enamored by their magnitude and splendor. Nothing compares to the beauty you can see in any direction at any time. This is God's Work in creation at its very best. However, it should be noted that what we observe is not God's original creation. What God originally created was actually destroyed by the flood. What we observe and stand in awe over and about is what God has since created after destruction. We should stand in awe of that thought. The beauty and splendor of the Rocky Mountains is NOTHING compared to what God originally created. However, it does show what God can do and will do in re-creation. Just has He took the sinful world, crushed it in the flood and made what we see now, so He can take a sinful life of abuse and self-absorption and make it into a picture-postcard of beauty. In the above Psalm the writer is praising God for "His work." The writer is saying that when he sees God's work it causes him to sing for joy. As we road through the Rocky Mountains we were singing for joy at what we saw. The scenario causes us to shout for joy to God for what He made. We should likewise "shout of joy" when we see God do a work in someone's life. When they "kick a habit" through the strength of the Lord; when we see a life turn from anger and hate to love and respect, we should shout for joy. God's greatest work is not in His creation. God's greatest work is the work He does in our hearts each day to keep us from sin and give us the ability to should for Joy to Him.
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