Thursday, April 24, 2014

For the Beauty of the Earth! Psalm 18-19; Philippians 2

May the mumbling commence!

For the beauty of the earth!  Oh, creation makes my heart sing!  There are wonderful verses at the beginning of Psalm Nineteen… wonderful verses to read in this week that celebrates the creation… the earth specifically.  Read them below:

The heavens tell of the glory of God.
The skies display his marvelous craftsmanship. 
Day after day they continue to speak;
night after night they make him known
They speak without a sound or a word;
their voice is silent in the skies; 
yet their message has gone out to all the earth,
and their words to all the world.

The sun lives in the heavens
where God placed it. 
It bursts forth like a radiant bridegroom
after his wedding.
It rejoices like a great athlete
eager to run the race. 
The sun rises at one end of the heavens
and follows its course to the other end.
Nothing can hide from its heat. (Verses 1-6)

Creation has eloquence that our human words cannot touch.  Its message is without rival.  Let us take time look and listen.  If we do, we will begin to see the wondrous love that the Lord has for all creation.

Indeed, every knee will bow before our Lord Jesus.  All the knees of creation!  Read from Philippians chapter two:

Your attitude should be the same that Christ Jesus had. 
Though he was God,
he did not demand and cling to his rights as God. 
He made himself nothing;
he took the humble position of a slave and appeared in human form. 
And in human form he obediently humbled himself
even further by dying a criminal's death on a cross. 
Because of this, God raised him up to the heights of heaven
and gave him a name that is above every other name, 
so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth
and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father. (Verses 5-11)

Join the chorus of the creation in praise of the Lord God, who created it.

Enough mumbling for now…

Peace Out

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