The Awesomeness of God

Psalm 104

English Standard Version (ESV)

104 ^(A)Bless the Lord, O my soul!
    O Lord my God, you are ^(B)very great!
^(C)You are clothed with splendor and majesty,
²     covering yourself with light as with a garment,
    ^(D)stretching out the heavens ^(E)like a tent.
³ He ^(F)lays the beams of his ^(G)chambers on the waters;
he makes ^(H)the clouds his chariot;
    he rides on ^(I)the wings of the wind;
⁴ he ^(J)makes his messengers winds,
    his ^(K)ministers ^(L)a flaming fire.

⁵ He ^(M)set the earth on its foundations,
    so that it should never be moved.
⁶ You ^(N)covered it with the deep as with a garment;
    the waters stood above the mountains.
⁷ At ^(O)your rebuke they fled;
    at ^(P)the sound of your thunder they ^(Q)took to flight.
⁸ The mountains rose, the valleys sank down
    to the place that you ^(R)appointed for them.
⁹ You set ^(S)a boundary that they may not pass,
    so that they ^(T)might not again cover the earth.

¹⁰ You make springs gush forth in the valleys;
    they flow between the hills;
¹¹ they ^(U)give drink to every beast of the field;
    the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
¹² Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell;
    they sing among the branches.
^13 (V)From your lofty abode you ^(W)water the mountains;
    the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.

¹⁴ You cause ^(X)the grass to grow for the livestock
    and ^(Y)plants for man to cultivate,
that he may bring forth ^(Z)food from the earth
¹⁵     and ^(AA)wine to gladden the heart of man,
^(AB)oil to make his face shine
    and bread to ^(AC)strengthen man's heart.

¹⁶ The trees of the Lord are watered abundantly,
    ^(AD)the cedars of Lebanon ^(AE)that he planted.
¹⁷ In them the birds build their nests;
    the stork has her home in the fir trees.
¹⁸ The high mountains are for ^(AF)the wild goats;
    the rocks are a refuge for ^(AG)the rock badgers.

¹⁹ He made the moon to mark the ^(AH)seasons;^[a]
    the sun knows its time for setting.
^20 (AI)You make darkness, and it is night,
    when all the beasts of the forest creep about.
^21 (AJ)The young lions roar for their prey,
    seeking their food from God.
²² When the sun rises, they steal away
    and lie down in their ^(AK)dens.
^23 (AL)Man goes out to his work
    and to his labor until the evening.

²⁴ O Lord, how manifold are your works!
    In ^(AM)wisdom have you made them all;
    the earth is full of your creatures.
²⁵ Here is the sea, great and wide,
    ^(AN)which teems with creatures innumerable,
    living things both small and great.
²⁶ There go the ships,
    and ^(AO)Leviathan, which you formed to ^(AP)play in it.^[b]

²⁷ These ^(AQ)all look to you,
    to ^(AR)give them their food in due season.
²⁸ When you give it to them, they gather it up;
    when you ^(AS)open your hand, they are filled with good things.
²⁹ When you ^(AT)hide your face, they are ^(AU)dismayed;
    when you ^(AV)take away their breath, they die
    and ^(AW)return to their dust.
³⁰ When you ^(AX)send forth your Spirit,^[c] they are created,
    and you ^(AY)renew the face of the ground.

³¹ May the glory of the Lord ^(AZ)endure forever;
    may the Lord ^(BA)rejoice in his works,
³² who looks on the earth and it ^(BB)trembles,
    who ^(BC)touches the mountains and they smoke!
³³ I will sing to the Lord ^(BD)as long as I live;
    I will sing praise to my God while I have being.
³⁴ May my ^(BE)meditation be pleasing to him,
    for I rejoice in the Lord.
³⁵ Let ^(BF)sinners be consumed from the earth,
    and let the wicked be no more!
^(BG)Bless the Lord, O my soul!
^(BH)Praise the Lord!

(http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+104&version=ESV)

Often times I will split a long chapter like this one up into segments but today I could not bring myself to do that.  This passage is amazing in how it describes what our God has done from the flood to providing for His creation.  We were created for His good pleasure, however, I’m afraid that we tend to give Him more displeasure than pleasure.

You only need to go to the Colorado Rockies to see the beauty that our God has created yet even at the foot of those Rockies we find a sin infested world.  Why is it that even though His greatness is all around us we still doubt His power.  We blame Him if things go wrong but rarely thank Him for all that has gone right.  I love the prayers of the children. Rarely do you hear them asking for “things” but rather their prayers are full of thankfulness.  My granddaughter’s prayers are full of gratitude but she still ends her prayers by saying, “Thank you for our many blessings.” 

Although life is very difficult sometimes we need to remember that we have a God who controls the clouds, who feeds and waters the wild animals and who watches over us.  He is in control of the mountains, the waters, and us.  Yet He allows us to decide whether to follow Him or follow satan.  We need to seek Him and when we find Him we need to bow down and worship Him with all our hearts.  He is an awesome, wonderful God!!!!!

Seeking Him with all my heart,

Sheila