Mensa Otabil - Proclaim God's Glory
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Welcome to day number 35 of our 40 days of power. I trust that you are walking in the strength of the Lord. The joy of the Lord is your strength. You are enjoying the goodness of the Lord.
In Psalm 19, verses 1 and 2, it reads, «The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament shows His handiwork. Day unto day utters speech, and night unto night reveals knowledge.» Psalm 19 is a very glorious psalm because it talks about God’s creation worshiping Him. When we look at the passage we just read, you see that the psalmist is ascribing some activity to the elements that is not normal. For example, you hear words like «utters speech» or «reveals knowledge.»
The earth, the heavens, the sun, the moon, and the stars do not speak like we do. But the psalmist is saying that when we observe them, they are telling us something. They are declaring something to us. So although they don’t have a mouth like we have, their presence is a speech, is an utterance. It’s a revelation of knowledge. So anytime we see the heavens and all the heavenly bodies, we are learning something from them because they’re telling us something. God’s creation reveals God to us.
So when we watch the things that God has created, what do they tell us? Of course, when you look at creation, you see things like order. It’s amazing how things are ordered in creation. You see intelligence even in plants, in animals, in vegetation, and in the rock formations. You see intelligence. You see beauty. You see majesty. What does that tell us? It tells us that the one who created them, Jehovah God, is orderly. He’s a God of beauty. He’s a God of elegance, and He’s an intelligent God.
So all of these things in creation are uttering a word to us. They’re teaching us something. In the daytime, when we see the brightness of the sun outshining everything in the sky so brightly we can’t even look at it, it tells us of the glory of God in majesty, full glory that we can’t even look at. But in the night, we see the stars and the moon, and we can look at them in the midst of the darkness. It means that this God we cannot see can also be seen. We can see Him. We can observe Him amidst all the darkness of this world. We can still see God at work. So day and night, creation is teaching us something. It’s uttering the voice of the Lord.
The interesting thing about creation is that as it worships God, it never stops worshiping Him. Creation never gets tired. Creation never gives up. It goes on and on and on. So it is a continuous thing, day by day, night by night, continuously in a never-ending proclamation of God’s glory. In this part of the world, those of us by the coast live close to the Atlantic Ocean. Most of us sometimes spend time at the Atlantic Ocean. When you stand at the beach, you see wave after wave after wave pouring onto the shore. Then they roll back, then they pour out again, and then they roll back. You can stand there for as long as possible, and the waves never stop. The waves continue day after day, night after night, month after month since they were created. They’ve never stopped roaring, declaring the praise of God, declaring the majesty of God.
Creation never stops worshiping God. If creation doesn’t stop worshiping God, we should also not stop worshiping Him. We should also proclaim the beauty of the Lord day after day, morning by morning, night by night, moment by moment. His praise should be on our lips, ceaseless and endless praise coming from those who are created in the image of God. I pray that God will make you an endless proclaimer and a ceaseless proclaimer of His glory just like the heavens declare the glory of God.
Let us pray. Say with me, «Heavenly Father, day and night, Your creation reveals Your wisdom. Help me to also glorify You at all times in Jesus' name. Amen. Amen.»