How is God's creation speaking to you?

Psalm 106:1-12

This Psalm is titled “Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good,” and, yes He is always good!  The first three verses jump off the page; “Praise the Lord!  Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!  Who can utter the mighty deeds of the Lord, or declare all his praise?  Blessed are they who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times!”  As found in Psalm 19:1-4, God's creation, the sky, the sun and stars, the moon all give testimony to God’s goodness, His faithfulness, and the work of His hands.  If the created would only observe them, we would learn so much about what God is speaking to each of us.  Verse two shares that both night and day, they pour out speech.  As you read verses 3-4, it is not referring to human language, but that God is communicating His message to all who observe His creation. The apostle Paul in a letter to the Romans, chapter 1:18-20, “The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them because God has made it plain to them.  For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.”

In verse three of Psalm 106, the Psalmist is not referring to a perfect person but one like you and me who practice righteousness, they do not live trouble-free, but they do have peace and joy that others are missing.  They are the ones voicing verse six that both they and their fathers have sinned and have acted wickedly.  This is an impossible task for a natural man, for that person has allowed a culture that does not take responsibility for anything, to mold them.  That’s not nor should it be a culture that creeps into the Church, but I’m sure it has.

In verse seven we find that mankind has been ignoring God’s work for a long time, it is not a new thing, they did not see God's hands in the plagues in Egypt to set them apart from the others who lived there.  But when the Red Sea parted and they walked on dry land, those desiring to kill them the army of the Egyptians, who entered to destroy them before God allow the waters to come over them.   For a short time, they acknowledged and praised the Lord, but they soon, like us, we're asking, what have you done to make my life better today?  God in His great mercy and love for Israel, used this to make His name known among all the people of the earth.

From the Back Porch,

Bob Rice