Seize the Moment – Day 1175
Praise God for His Bounty!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Monday, June 5.
When is the last time you went for a walk in a forest or on a beach? When is the last time you sat and watched a sunset or sunrise? Psalm 65 is a remarkable psalm, which praises God for the bounty of His creation. There is a clarity to be gained by celebrating the handiwork of God, as David does so poetically in verses 9-13:
You visit the earth and cause it to overflow; You greatly enrich it; the stream of God is full of water; You prepare their grain, for thus You prepare the earth. You water its furrows abundantly, You settle its ridges, You soften it with showers, You bless its growth. You have crowned the year with Your bounty, and Your paths drip with fatness. The pastures of the wilderness drip, and the hills gird themselves with rejoicing. The meadows are clothed with flocks and the valleys are covered with grain; they shout for joy, yes, they sing.
God receives glory when we attribute the beauty and bounty of creation to His goodness and grace. Have you lost perspective on the power of God because you have stopped marveling at His creation? Take time today to praise God in His creation, for it was intended by its Creator to point you back to Him, causing you to seek the bounty of His love. It is for this reason David wrote this psalm: to call worshippers back to true worship of the One who provides for us through the bounty of His creation.
Seize the moment and pray Psalm 65, meditating upon the bounty of God’s provision – “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being” (John 1:1-3).
God bless you!
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