Today's Daily Lesson comes from Psalm 104 verses 24 through 34:
O Lord, how manifold are your works!
In wisdom you have made them all;
the earth is full of your creatures.
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Yonder is the sea, great and wide,
creeping things innumerable are there,
living things both small and great.
26
There go the ships,
and Leviathan that you formed to sport in it.
27
These all look to you
to give them their food in due season;
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when you give to them, they gather it up;
when you open your hand, they are filled with good things.
29
When you hide your face, they are dismayed;
when you take away their breath, they die
and return to their dust.
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When you send forth your spirit,[g] they are created;
and you renew the face of the ground.
31
May the glory of the Lord endure forever;
may the Lord rejoice in his works—
32
who looks on the earth and it trembles,
who touches the mountains and they smoke.
33
I will sing to the Lord as long as I live;
I will sing praise to my God while I have being.
34
May my meditation be pleasing to him,
for I rejoice in the Lord.
Today's Lesson comes from one of the creation psalms, Psalm 104, a beautiful meditation on the wonders of creation, the providence and provision of God, and the delight the LORD takes in all the divine handiwork on this earth -- including us.
"May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in his works!"
We belong to this great web of being called creation. Along with all the rest of the earth, and stars, and moon, we were created for God's joy and delight. It pleased God that we might live life and give it also.
Like all the rest of creation, we too are subject to our habitat. We have our limitations, our boundaries, our finitude. We, too, are dust.
"I will sing to the LORD as long as I live," the psalmist says.
He knows his place. He knows his purpose. He knows his end. It is all found in God, whom he is to glorify and enjoy forever.
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