Do so many incredibly precise details about the world around us point to a remarkably powerful and intelligent designer and creator of it all? Let’s look at Psalm 104.
Do we bless the Lord with our whole being? Is God’s grandeur beyond our ability to comprehend?
Let my whole being bless the Lord! Lord my God, how fantastic you are! You are clothed in glory and grandeur! You wear light like a robe; you open the skies like a curtain. You build your lofty house on the waters; you make the clouds your chariot, going around on the wings of the wind. You make the winds your messengers; you make fire and flame your ministers. (Ps 104:1-4 CEB)
Who designed and built the earth, the oceans, and the mountains?
You built foundations for the earth, and it will never be shaken. You covered the earth with the ocean that rose above the mountains. Then your voice thundered! And the water flowed down the mountains and through the valleys to the place you prepared. Now you have set boundaries, so that the water will never flood the earth again. (Ps 104:5-9 CEV)
Who designed and built the springs, beasts of the field and birds?
You make springs gush forth in the valleys; they flow between the hills; they give drink to every beast of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst. Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell; they sing among the branches. From your lofty abode you water the mountains; the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work. (Ps 104:10-13 ESV)
Who designed and built the grass for livestock, crops for food, wine to make a man’s heart glad and bread for sustenance?
He causes grass to grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, producing food from the earth, wine that makes man’s heart glad—making his face shine with oil—and bread that sustains man’s heart. (Ps 104:14-15 HCSB)
Who designed perfect habitations for the cedar, birds, wild goats and hyrax?
The loftiest trees are satisfied, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted, the birds build their nests there, and the heron builds its nest among the evergreen. The high mountains are for wild goats; the cliffs are a refuge for the rock badger. (Ps 104:16-18 ISV)
Who appointed the lunar month, the seasons, day and night?
He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down. Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God. The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens. Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening. (Ps 104:19-23 KJV)
How many details of God’s creation can we possibly even fathom?
How numerous are Your works, O Yahweh! In wisdom You have made them all; The earth is full of Your possessions. This is the sea, great and broad, There the creeping things are without number, Creatures both small and great. There the ships move along, And Leviathan [a sea creature], which You have formed to play in it. (Ps 104:24-26 LSB)
Has God through a perfect creation provided food for all His creatures?
They all wait for You To give them their food in due season. You give to them, they gather it up; You open Your hand, they are satisfied with good. You hide Your face, they are terrified; You take away their breath, they perish And return to their dust. You send forth Your Spirit, they are created; And You renew the face of the ground. (Ps 104:27-30 NASB)
Do we rejoice in the glory of God seen in His creation, the incredible design?
May the glory of the Lord endure forever; may the Lord rejoice in his works—he who looks at the earth, and it trembles, who touches the mountains, and they smoke. (Ps 104:31-32 NIV)
Do we sing to the Lord? Do we sing His praises? Do we think about God often?
I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. May my meditation be sweet to Him; I will be glad in the Lord. May sinners be consumed from the earth, And the wicked be no more. Bless the Lord, O my soul! Praise the Lord! (Ps 104:33-35 NKJV)
Does Hebrews quote this Psalm in reference to the holy angels?
Regarding the angels, he says, “He sends his angels like the winds, his servants like flames of fire.” (Heb 1:7 NLT)
Do so many incredibly precise details about the world around us point to a remarkably powerful and intelligent designer and creator of it all? You decide!
