The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my heart and mind in Psalm 95:5a,
"The sea is his, for he made it…"
Here the psalmist makes the point that He who created it owns it. "The sea is his, for he made it…" We read in Genesis 1:26-30 and Genesis 2:7 that God created mankind. God owns mankind.
We also read in Colossians 1:16, "For in him [God's Son, Jesus Christ] all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him." All things were created through and for Jesus Christ. Mankind has both it's existence and it's purpose within the intentions the Lord created us for.
A lot of people don't like that today. Consequently they have invented "theories" and notions of how mankind came to be apart from any understanding of us being created by God. Evolution, Big Bang, a universe billions of years old, etc. They fall into the group that the psalmist describes in speaking of rebellious Israel, "Today, if only you would hear his voice, 'Do not harden your hearts as you did…'" Psalm 95:7-8. Those who did so then and do so now have only the bleakest of futures, "They shall never enter my [the Lord's] rest." Verse 11.
Whether we embrace the Lord or not has no bearing on the objective reality that we, as humans, all of us, were made by the Lord and exist for his purposes. He owns us.
His intention for mankind is that each of us embrace him in faith in this environment he has created where faith can express itself. We all have opportunity to join his family for an eternity of bliss and blessing if we embrace him in faith. If we fail to do so, we will face an eternity of judgment in a fiery lake of burning sulfur, Revelation 21:8. As the psalmist quotes the Lord in Psalm 95:11, "They shall never enter my rest."
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
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"The sea is his, for he made it…"
Here the psalmist makes the point that He who created it owns it. "The sea is his, for he made it…" We read in Genesis 1:26-30 and Genesis 2:7 that God created mankind. God owns mankind.
We also read in Colossians 1:16, "For in him [God's Son, Jesus Christ] all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him." All things were created through and for Jesus Christ. Mankind has both it's existence and it's purpose within the intentions the Lord created us for.
A lot of people don't like that today. Consequently they have invented "theories" and notions of how mankind came to be apart from any understanding of us being created by God. Evolution, Big Bang, a universe billions of years old, etc. They fall into the group that the psalmist describes in speaking of rebellious Israel, "Today, if only you would hear his voice, 'Do not harden your hearts as you did…'" Psalm 95:7-8. Those who did so then and do so now have only the bleakest of futures, "They shall never enter my [the Lord's] rest." Verse 11.
Whether we embrace the Lord or not has no bearing on the objective reality that we, as humans, all of us, were made by the Lord and exist for his purposes. He owns us.
His intention for mankind is that each of us embrace him in faith in this environment he has created where faith can express itself. We all have opportunity to join his family for an eternity of bliss and blessing if we embrace him in faith. If we fail to do so, we will face an eternity of judgment in a fiery lake of burning sulfur, Revelation 21:8. As the psalmist quotes the Lord in Psalm 95:11, "They shall never enter my rest."
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just reply and let me know.
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