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Daily Devotion: Psalm 104:1 and 24

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Psalm 104:1     "Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty."

Psalm 104:24     "O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches."

I encourage each one to take a few minutes to read this 104th Psalm. As I read this Psalm this morning, I wonder if it was written in the Springtime. I sit here looking out the window and I see the earth in full bloom and I can only say, "O LORD my God, thou art very great." Each morning I listen to the birds singing praise unto our Lord. In my heart, I can hear the earth responding to the Lord as He says, "It's time to wake up from your sleep and bring forth the beauty for which you were made."  I think about Isaiah chapter 6:1 when the Lord revealed a portion of His beauty to the Prophet. "In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple." I've always been intrigued by this verse, but it was after I found out about the train that I really fell in love with these words.  Have you ever seen the peacock with its feathers spread wide in its glory? Those feathers spread out are called its "train". It is when those feathers spread wide that the glory of that peacock shines brightly. When we see and understand that that which we call nature is truly the "train" of God, then from the heart we can boldly declare the glory of God with greater understanding. "Thou art clothed with honour and majesty... .The earth is full of thy riches. O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all."

Today's writing is brief, but I'd rather that each of us take some time to allow our hearts and minds to just dwell upon the glory of our Lord. Our glory can only be seen when others can see Christ in us. Lord, please let Jesus be seen in me.

O Lord my God When I in awesome wonder
Consider all the works Thy hands have made,
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder,
Thy pow'r throughout The universe displayed!

When thru the woods And forest glades I wander
And hear the birds Sing sweetly in the trees,
When I look down From lofty mountain grandeur
And hear the brook And feel the gentle breeze,

Chorus
Then sings my soul, My Savior God, to Thee;
How great Thou art, How great Thou art!
Then sings my soul, My Savior God, to Thee;
How great Thou art, How great Thou art!

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