Psalm 139:14 "I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well."
I encourage you to read the entire 139th Psalm. We will likely come back to
this Psalm tomorrow.
We read in Revelation chapter 4 that the four beasts around the throne of God
"... rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty,
which was, and is, and is to come." Then we read of the four and twenty
elders that they "... fall down before him that sat on the throne, and
worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the
throne, saying, Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and
power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were
created." That can be found in Revelation 4, verses 8, 10, and 11. By
faith we understand that whatever they are seeing is more glorious than
anything we have ever laid eyes on while going through this life. They fall
down. They cease not to worship and praise. They never stop crying out,
"Holy, Holy, Holy."
Today we have another "I will" promise from the writer toward God.
"I will praise thee." That stands on its own even if we did not know
the rest of the verse. God is worthy of our praise! If those angelic beings bow
down and worship, certainly we, the redeemed of the Lord, have every reason to
worship our God. Holy is the Father! Holy is the Son! Holy is the Holy Spirit!
Every action of God toward us is framed in righteousness. But the writer has
something very specific in mind when he declares his praise unto the Lord. "I
am fearfully and wonderfully made." If we all are open to ourselves, we
will admit that we take so much for granted every single day. Do you have to
remind your heart to beat? Do you have to remind your lungs to take breaths? I
just reached up to scratch my nose as I was typing this. I didn't have to think
about it. I just did it. It was an automatic reflex that God has built into us.
We have an itch. We scratch it. We are wonderfully made in that God has given
us a brain to reason things. We are able to see, hear, think, walk, talk... well
you get the idea. We might take those things for granted until an unusual pain
comes along. We are wonderfully made; yet, we are also fearfully made in that
our bodies are so tough and rugged and yet so fragile. I'm just thinking this
morning about how good our God truly is in that He has created this glorious
machine that we call our bodies. Thank you Heavenly Father! May I never take
your handiwork for granted anymore.
1. Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee.
Holy, holy, holy! merciful and mighty!
God in three Persons, blessed Trinity!
2. Holy, holy, holy! all the saints adore thee,
Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea.
Cherubim and seraphim, falling down before thee,
Who was and is and evermore shall be.
3. Holy, Holy, Holy! though the darkness hide thee,
Though the eye of sinful man thy glory may not see,
Only thou art holy; there is none beside thee,
Perfect in pow'r, in love, and purity.
4. Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
All thy works shall praise thy name, in earth, and sky, and sea;
Holy, holy, holy! merciful and mighty!
God in three Persons, blessed Trinity.