Psalm 111:3

Psalm 111:3

Glorious and majestic are His deeds

We have learned that there are those who are the upright, who seek out and find pleasure in the works of the Lord. There are two kinds of ways of taking pleasure in the creative works of the Lord God. We can worship and extol the glory of the works themselves. We can view them as completely detached from any kind of Creator - Being, they just happened, but never-the-less they are beautiful and wonderful and worthy of our notice. 

The alternative is to look through and beyond the created things and be astonished and in awe of the One who designed and brought them into existence. In so doing we give every creative act a personality and a purpose, we see a brilliant, inventive mind at work and the objects of His handiwork become objects of infinite grace and kindness. They express character and a persona, and they lift us out of the mundane into the realms of wonder and amazement. They prompt exclamations of joy and a deep sense of gratitude and contentment that this world, and the heavens that surround us, are designed and managed by a Being so great and powerful that He is way beyond our comprehension. “Glorious and majestic are His deeds.” When all credit is given to the Lord God for His amazing deeds, our senses and our sense of gratitude are enhanced, and we cannot stop ourselves from being thankful and offering worship to Him who is our Creator. 

It is not just God’s creative works that attract our wonder and worship, it is His purity and holiness, nothing that He says or does is impaired or tainted in any way, His ways and His words are perfection. His righteousness rules over all, it always has and it always will. What a privilege to have such a worldview and to be enlightened by our knowledge of, and relationship with, this glorious One, our God and Saviour. Hallelujah!

 

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