Psalm 19
Creation is
beautifully arranged, running naturally, and dutifully completing its function
to maintain life and growth on earth.
The divine order is impeccable and runs well without human intervention. God put human beings in the role of dominance
over His creation, not to change or control His handiwork but to attend and
care for it. We are a part of the
handiwork, not detached and superior to it.
What happens to nature happens to and affects us.
God created an earth
that was perfect. He framed it with His
laws, decrees, precepts, commands, and statutes. The law is perfect, the decrees trustworthy,
the precepts right, the commands clear, and the statutes true. The awesomeness of God is pure and is worthy
of all praise and worship from His creation.
When all of creation looks to, loves, and lives in the effective rule of
God, all will be well.
Throughout human
history people have chosen to transgress and trespass from the Way of God and
all of creation has suffered the consequences.
Pride and arrogance is rooted deep in the heart of human beings,
thinking themselves like God and able to make their own laws, their own
ways. It began with the first humans and
prevails throughout history to today.
Through it all God remains faithful to provide all that is needed for
life and growth; through it all He has remained faithful in His love for human
beings; through it all He has provided a means for humans to return to their
original place and function in His creation as designed.
The final means
was sending His Son, Jesus Christ to earth, to direct our way back to God and
to take our place in the Kingdom
of God
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