All Life Comes From God
February 20, 2024
Commentary
The psalmist continues to praise the Lord for all His creation. The ocean is alive with creatures great and small (v. 24). Water is a predominant theme in this psalm (vv. 25-26). In the sea the ships move freely, but for the whale the sea is his playground. The whale is portrayed as nothing more than god’s harmless pet playing in an ocean (v. 26). All life come from God, and He actively concerns Himself with what we call ecology (vv. 27-30). With God’s wonderful care this zoological garden flourishes. The glory of the Lord is displayed in his creation forever (v. 31). He is so much greater than His creation (v. 32). The psalmist will praise God forever because He makes him glad (vv. 33-35). In the closing verses of this chapter the writer has a threefold closing word:
1. A word about Greatness – Theories of generations come and go, but because of the remarkable creation of God, “The glory of God shall endure forever” (v. 3l). Mount Sinai quaked and smoked at the presence of God (v. 32) as evidenced through His creation.
2. A word about Gladness – The psalmist says He will sing unto the Lord for as long as he lives. When he thinks of the eternal promises, pledges, and guarantees of God he can sing, even though the penalties for sin still must be faced (vv. 33-34).
3. A word about Government – The writer speaks of the sinner being consumed and the wicked being no more (v. 35). Sin is a personal thing and cannot be judged in its process without being judged in the person.
Application
Many today are arrogant enough to think they don’t need God, but our every breath depends on Him. Not only do I depend on God for my life, but I also must depend on Him for my way of life.
Psalms 104:24– 35 (NET)
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Illustration: Lincoln quotWe have forgotten God”
In 1863 President Lincoln designated April 30th as a day of fasting, and prayer. The proclamation he read on that occasion: “It is the duty of nations, as well as of men, who owe their dependence upon the overruling power of God, to confess their sins and transgressions in humble sorrow, yet with assured hope that genuine repentance will lead to mercy and pardon, and to recognize the sublime truth announced in the Holy Scriptures and proven by a history that those nations only are blessed whose God is the Lord. The awful calamity of civil war which now desolates this land may be a punishment inflicted upon us for our presumptuous sins. Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self-sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us. We have grown in numbers, wealth, and power as no other nation has grown, but we have forgotten God.” (Contributed by: A. Todd Coget – Sermon Central).