The Wonders Of His Creations

To Him who alone does great wonders, for His mercy endures forever. Psalm 136:4

This world is not random; it is not meaningless! Each part and particle of this creation has a divinely ordained purpose! And that gives your life meaning! Have you seen God’s love demonstrated through creation?

We looked last week at the first three verses of Psalm 136. Now, this psalm starts with reminding us to give thanks to God for who He is: for His character, for His goodness, for His steadfast love. He is Jehovah, Elohim, and Adonai. When we come to verse 4, it reminds us to give thanks not only for who He is, but also for what He has done. So verse 4 says, “To him who alone does great wonders, for his steadfast love endures forever.”

What are these wonders that God does? They’re great wonders; they’re supernatural works; they’re mighty works that no one else can do. He is the God who alone does great wonders! There are people in this world, some of you among them, who can do great things. You may have some amazing accomplishments. Those are amazing things, but there’s only one God, the God of heaven and earth, who alone does these great wonders that are being talked about in this psalm.

There is no one else like Him! That’s why we give thanks to Him. The rest of this Psalm 136 is going to tell us what some of these great wonders are. We’re going to see how God’s goodness and His hesed love are revealed through the wonders of creation. No one else could have created this world—God alone! This is a great wonder! So let’s read verses 5–9. Who by his understanding made the heavens, His love endures forever. 6 who spread out the earth upon the waters, His love endures forever. 7 who made the great lights—His love endures forever. 8 the sun to govern the day, His love endures forever. 9 the moon, and stars to govern the night; His love endures forever. One of the greatest wonders God does are seen in creation.

Creation Reveals His Greatness:

Today, how creation reveals the steadfast love of the Lord! or how does God’s creation show us His steadfast love? Genesis 1:1, which tells us, “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” And then we remember on the third day, God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear”; and it was so.” (Gen. 1:9). Now, what we are reading here is summarized in one phrase, in Psalm 136:5–6, where it says He made the heavens and He, “spread out the earth above the waters.” That’s a poetic way of saying what we read in Genesis 1. God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good (Gen. 1:10).

And then we come to the fourth day of creation, and we read a description of what we’ve just seen in Psalm 136:8–9: He made the great lights, the sun to rule over the day, the moon and stars to rule over the night” (Gen 1:16). The psalmist didn’t make this up. We read this in Genesis 1:14–15, Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years, and let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth (Gen.1:14–15).

These are things we know: the sun, the moon and the stars do as God ordered them to do. And it was so. And God made the two great lights—the greater light [the sun] to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars. [He made all of these by the word of His mouth!] And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good (Gen. 1:15–19)

Why is it good? Because God is good! “Give thanks to the Lord for He is good; His steadfast love endures forever!” Of course it was good; whatever God makes is good! It’s a reflection of Himself, of His own character, of His own heart. The earth, the sun, the moon, and the stars are a great wonder that none, but the Lord could have made. A few things you know about these bodies of light that God set into the sky: the sun gives light. Without the sun, the earth would be completely dark. And the sun is a source of life. Without the sun, no plants could grow on the earth. The sun evaporates water from the surface of the earth, and it keeps the oceans from overflowing. So many things the sun does! There’s none like the One who does great wonders. Right?