Psalms 104:31-35
May the glory of the Lord endure forever;
may the Lord rejoice in his works,
who looks on the earth and it trembles,
who touches the mountains and they smoke!
I will sing to the Lord as long as I live;
I will sing praise to my God while I have being.
May my meditation be pleasing to him,
for I rejoice in the Lord.
Let sinners be consumed from the earth,
and let the wicked be no more!
Bless the Lord, O my soul!
Praise the Lord!
Tag: Praise God for Who He Is!!!
Psalm 104 is a great song of worship about the power and the majesty of God. This is the type of Psalm we should read when we think our problems are BIG and our God is small. We can, in this life, begin to think all the things that happen to us are overwhelming at times. Perhaps, most of the time. Satan wants to have us think our problems are so big that God does not love us; can’t care for us; doesn’t want to help us; has disowned us; and thinks we are so weak He won’t take us back after we make mistakes. But, Psalm 104 is a song of worship that screams that is not true. Throughout the Psalm we see God caring for the earth and for the creatures of the earth. Note:
Psalms 104:14
You cause the grass to grow for the livestock
and plants for man to cultivate,
that he may bring forth food from the earth
Psalms 104:16-17
The trees of the Lord are watered abundantly,
the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.
In them the birds build their nests;
the stork has her home in the fir trees.
Psalms 104:19
He made the moon to mark the seasons;
the sun knows its time for setting.
Psalms 104:21
The young lions roar for their prey,
seeking their food from God.
Psalms 104:25
Here is the sea, great and wide,
which teems with creatures innumerable,
living things both small and great.
The Psalm ends with this glorious doxology praising God that is our verses for today. We are to praise Him because “He rejoices over His works.” All the things that happen to us are the works of God’s hands. He is working in our lives to bring us to His glory. We can reject all that and be considered the enemy of God. Many do. Many will. But, this Psalm says we have a BIG God. That means our issues, in view of eternity, are quite small. The pain is real, but God is working all things together for “good” according to “HIS” purpose, not according to ours.
Romans 8:28
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
We are His creatures. We can reject that truth but that, in turn, just steals away our ability to rejoice in suffering, as Jesus did. When we have a “little” God in our mind we have super BIG problems in our lives. It all begins with how big God is in our thinking.
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