Praise Resounds Throughout Creation

Praise Resounds Throughout Creation | Devotional

Read Psalm 148:1–6.

1. Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise him in the heights above.

2. Praise him, all his angels, praise him, all his heavenly hosts.

3. Praise him, sun and moon, praise him, all you shining stars.

4. Praise him, you highest heavens and you waters above the skies.

5. Let them praise the name of the Lord, for at his command they were created, 6 and he established them for ever and ever—he issued a decree that will never pass away.

The Praise Of Creation. Praise comes to God from all he has made. It begins in the highest heaven (verses 1–4). It comes from the sun and moon and stars (verse 3), from the clouds and rain (verse 4).

The second half of the psalm will include sea creatures, mountains, trees, animals, and flying birds (verses 7– 10). The psalmist commands all of them to praise the Lord, as he does the inhabitants of the earth (verses 11–13).

But the reader of the Bible knows that the nonhuman creation is already fully praising God.

All of nature sings God’s glory; we alone are out of tune. The question is this: How can we be brought back into the great music?

Prayer: Lord, when I try to praise you, I can sense that I’m out of tune, that I am an extremely unskillful musician.

But “tune my heart to sing thy grace”145 by the truth of your Word and by the moving of the Spirit in my heart. Amen.