Creation and The Word (Psalm 19)

Psalm 19:14: "Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my rock and my Redeemer." I love sunrises. They are pure and they declare the majesty of how great God is. They remind me of warmth and power and life. When I consider how God set the sun in its place, I realize how truly small I am. All at once it makes me want to know Him and yet afraid of how LARGE He really is.

Psalm 19 is powerful to me. Verses 1-6 deal with the truth that screams from His creation. It makes you want to spend all day and night admiring His work. When I take my dog, Roxy, on a walk at night, I am always amazed at the clarity of the stars and the moon. They look like a picture. We talk about HD and 3D, but God's design in the sky is waaaay better. It cries out, "I Am!" But creation alone might lead us to worship the creation and not the creator.

That's why He gave us His word. Psalm 19:7-14 deals with the work of God's word. The sun warms your body, God's law warms your soul. When I go to the beach, I want to spend all day and night there. When I open God's word, I want to spend all eternity in it. It amazes me that some people could live on the beach or in the mountains and not wake up every day freshened by them. But I live an hour from the beach in either direction and rarely go. Sounds crazy. But God has given us light and life in His word and it's available in our homes, on the internet, in bookstores, on the radio, on cd, and on and on and on. But we take it for granted. I suggest waking up early sometime, grabbing your Bible, and reading Psalm 19 as the sun comes up. At least in that moment you will realize that God is really GREAT!