Remembering the Creator
Posted By Blakeyblog On 14th September 2006 @ 23:00 In blakeyblog | 1 Comment
It was a beautiful afternoon today and Tyler and I spent a couple of hours at the beach before Bobby and my sisters and their families met up for dinner. The sky was amazing…speckled with white puffy clouds. It was a little breezy so they were also moving fast and Tyler was so amused by lying on his back watching them fly by.
It’s so fun having Tyler with us all the time. He’s getting so much more interested in looking around. He always wants to see what’s going on and likes touching and tastes everything–which is not always good. The beach is right by a train track so every time the train went by and the whistle blew, he would whip around to see it. We got the fire going and he sat and stared at it for a long time. He’s like a little explorer because everything is new for him and something about it being his first time learning about things helps me appreciate them more.
Watching the clouds reminded me of Psalm 104 so I was glad I had put my Bible in the diaper bag so I could read it while I was there:
“Bless the Lord, O my soul!
O Lord my God, You are very great:
You are clothed with honor and majesty,Who cover Yourself with light as with a garment,
Who stretch out the heavens like a curtain.He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters,
Who makes the clouds His chariot,
Who walks on the wings of the wind…O, Lord how manifold are Your works!
In wisdom you have made them all….May the glory of the Lord endure forever;
May the Lord rejoicein His works.”
Psalm 104:1-3, 24, 31
What an incredible picture of God, the Creator of heaven and earth–He clothes Himself in light, rides on the clouds and walks on the wind. In all creation we can see His hand at work in the vastness and depth of the ocean, the limitless sky with clouds and stars, each small creature and the complexities of a palm tree. Yet all of these creations are very small and simple in comparison to their Creator.
I’m so inspired by the psalmist’s response to this truth:
“I will sing to the Lordas long as I live;
I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
May my meditation be sweet to Him;
I will be glad in the Lord.”Psalm 104:33
He stands in awe of His Creator and all his wondrous works–what response is more fitting than praise and worship? This Psalm brings to mind Ecclesiastes 12:1:
“Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth
Before the difficult days come,
And the years draw near when you say,
‘I have no pleasure in them.’”
I like MacArthur’s note in my study Bible. It says, “Remember you are God’s property, so serve Him from the start of your years, not the end of your years, when service is very limited.” So often I need to remember that I am God’s property. I am His creation, not the other way around. If I could remember this I think I would not think that I deserve something better than a “bad day” or have a demanding attitude toward Him. He created me for His service and I need to remember that so I won’t waste years serving myself.
Next time you step outside I hope you might look at the clouds a little differently…
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