Wednesday, May 25, 2011
THE GREAT INVENTOR
to the living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and everything in
them. Acts 24:15b Has not my hand made all these things? Acts
7:50
The Great Inventor
When you were a child did you ever wonder how the ocean didn't slide
off the earth? How all the water didn't spill out and eventually there
would be no more water in the oceans? What a great invention!
Sometimes even now I think of how amazing is our God about soo many
things. Like how the ocean doesn't.
Psalm 104 majestically tells of God, the great inventor. Who but God
could design oceans teeming with unimaginable sea creatures from
microscopic algae to gigantic whales and countless colorful marine
life? Plus grasses and coral and sand and, well, the list is
infinite.....
Years ago, our family did a little snorkeling and some diving. Under
the sea it was eerily silent, a whole other world. 'Beautiful' doesn't
even come close to describing it.
The fabulous worship song by Nicole C. Mullen (Redeemer) proposes
these questions: Who taught the sun where to stand in the morning, Who
told the ocean you an only come this far? Who showed the moon where to
hide 'til evening, Whose words alone can catch a falling star? And the
lyrics answer perfectly: Well I know my Redeemer lives, I know my
Redeemer lives; All of creation testify, This life within me cries, I
know my Redeemer lives.
The Great Inventor and our Redeemer, one. One God. That is good news.
Praise the Lord , O my soul. O Lord my God, you are very great; you
are clothed with splendor and majesty. He wraps himself in light as
with a garment; he stretches out the heavens like a tent and lays the
beams of his upper chambers on their waters. He makes the clouds his
chariot and rides on the wings of the wind. He makes winds his
messengers, flames of fire his servants. He set the earth on its
foundations; it can never be moved. You covered it with the deep as
with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. But at your
rebuke the waters fled, at the sound of your thunder they took to
flight; they flowed over the mountains, they went down into the
valleys, to the place you assigned for them. You set a boundary they
cannot cross; never again will they cover the earth. He makes springs
pour water into the ravines; it flows between the mountains. They give
water to all the beasts of the field; the wild donkeys quench their
thirst. The birds of the air nest by the waters; they sing among the
branches. He waters the mountains from his upper chambers; the earth
is satisfied by the fruit of his work. He makes grass grow for the
cattle, and plants for man to cultivate- bringing forth food from the
earth: wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil to make his face
shine, and bread that sustains his heart. The trees of the Lord are
well watered, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted. There the birds
make their nests; the stork has its home in the pine trees. The high
mountains belong to the wild goats; the crags are a refuge for the
coneys. The moon marks off the seasons, and the sun knows when to go
down. You bring darkness, it becomes night, and all the beasts of the
forest prowl. The lions roar for their prey and seek their food from
God. The sun rises, and they steal away; they return and lie down in
their dens. Then man goes out to his work, to his labor until evening.
How many are your works, O Lord! In wisdom you made them all; the
earth is full of your creatures. There is the sea, vast and spacious,
teeming with creatures beyond number- living things both large and
small. Psalm 10
inspirational messages by Sally I. Kennedy
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