Praise by Creation

[Bible Verses]

Genesis 1:31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good.

Psalm 19:1-6

The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.

Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge.

There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard.

Their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.
In the heavens he has pitched a tent for the sun,

which is like a bridegroom coming forth from his pavilion, like a champion rejoicing to run his course.

It rises at one end of the heavens and makes its circuit to the other; nothing is hidden from its heat.

My reflections:

When Jesus made a triumphal entry into Jerusalem on a colt, people praised God joyfully and shouted, "Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!" Seeing this, the Pharisees became indignant and requested that Jesus would rebuke the crowd. Jesus then replied, "if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out" (Luke 19:40).

What was it that even the stones would have to cry out? It was, of course, that Jesus is the blessed king who comes in the name of the Lord! It is also the same praise that the entire creation is exalting.

The contents of praise by the creation declare that God is God the Almighty who has created us all. God's invisible qualities -- his eternal power and divine nature -- are clearly manifest and seen in what he has made (Romans 1:20). If the creatures without a language are praising God so much, how much more should we be praising him? After all, we have had the benefit of being taught and warned by the word of God, which is his law, statues, precepts, commands, ordinances, and teaches us to fear him in awe (Psalm 19:7-11).

The song that comes out of my mouth is a confession that, standing before the Almighty God, I am a sinner and I beg him to keep me from any willful sins and keep me blameless and innocent of great transgressions (Psalm 19:13). "May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer." (Psalm 19:14).