MEDITATIONS
FROM THE PSALMS
December
13, 2006
Reading: Psalm 19:1-6
“The firmament shows His
handiwork” Psalm 19:1
How much you were blessed
recently, my soul, as you sat and viewed the sight before you in
Jim Reeves used to sing a
song that puts this sentiment into words:
Each time I touch a rose petal,
And breathe the fresh fragrance it brings;
I know there’s a God up in heaven,
No human could create these things.
The Dogwood, the Oak, and the
So gracefully wave in the wind;
The Dogwood I’ll always remember,
My Lord died upon one of these.
The sunset in its golden splendor,
Such color no artist can do;
I know when I look on its beauty,
Each page in the Bible is true.
No picture, no painting can capture
The beauty of any of these;
The handwork of God is revealed in
The flowers, the sunset, the Trees.
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This same creator created you. You are the best of His handiwork
because He made you in His image. This can be said of nothing else; no animal,
no landscape, no flower or tree. As beautiful and wonderful as these are, they
are not eternal and do not posses the Spirit of God. That life He breathed into
man makes you unique in all of God’s handiwork. Therefore, my soul, love Him, worship Him, obey Him, for, if you do, you
will spend eternity with Him. You will be with Him where He forever will be
your Light—brighter than the sun, your
As breath taking as His creation is now, so much
greater will it be when you enter that place reserved for you, the place where
He now dwells, His final creation—the new heaven and new earth.
Worship Him, soul of mine, for He has made you to
enter into His courts with praise. He created you to dwell in His presence and
to enjoy Him for ever.