Psalm 148:3

Psalm 148:3

Praise Him, sun and moon

This is not the first time that we’ve been made aware that the psalmists believed that all creation, even inanimate objects, join in worshipping their Maker. It’s not just the psalm-writers, Job believed it and so did Isaiah. In fact, this is a premise that is adopted throughout Scriptures, and we would do well to meditate upon it for a moment. We are people living in a scientific age where it’s possible to identify the processes that give life ,accurately, and to ascribe all matter on earth to particular categories and states of existence. Thus, rocks and stones, mountains and deserts and all other matter has apparently been in existence for millions, if not billion of years and is basically dead! That Is, until amazing discoveries are made of some of the precious minerals and Rare Earth elements that are now fundamental to our modern technologies. Trees, plants and all forms of vegetation exist through processes like photosynthesis and give and take to and from the various gas supplies that are necessary for human life. 

That’s the problem, we have so exalted the human race that everything else is deemed to only exist to serve us and equip us. The Bible does not teach this, yes, God did command the first humans to go out and subdue the earth, but He did not say that we own it, that we control it or that we will ever fully comprehend its functions and its purposes. The opposite appears to be true, everything is claimed to have a role and a function, and everything fits into a divine order and gives recognition to its Creator. Therefore, the psalmist can describe how the sun and moon and stars praise the Lord our God, and they have every right to do so, as much as any of us humans. There are deep truths hidden here, way beyond my understanding! Hallelujah! 

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