Thought from today’s Bible reading from Psalm 95, 97-99.
“The sea is His, for it was He who made it, and His hands formed the dry land” (Psalm 95:5).
Who owns the ocean? The psalmist says that God owns it. But how did God come to be the owner? He did not purchase it, trade for it, or receive it as a gift. Rather, the psalmist tells us that the sea belongs to God because He created it.
Of course, this point is not just for the natural world. This same principle applies to us as well. The psalmist goes on to point this out.
“Come, let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker. For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand.
“Today, if you would hear His voice, do not harden your hearts…” (Psalm 95:6-8).
God is our Creator. Therefore, we belong to Him just as the sea belongs to Him. But the psalmist takes this a step further. Knowing that we belong to God, we are expected to listen to Him and obey Him.
When God created us, He could have programmed us so that we would have no choice but to serve Him. Yet He did not do this. He gave man free will so that each one of us can choose whether or not we will serve God. Our natural response, knowing that He created us, should be humble obedience. Yet so many people forget that God is their Creator, so they reject Him as their Lord.
Do not forget that God created you. Choose to be engaged in those “good works” for which God made us (Ephesians 2:10).
Tomorrow’s reading: 2 Samuel 24; 1 Chronicles 21-22; Psalm 30
[I’m using the Chronological reading plan on the Bible Gateway website if you’d like to follow along, too.]
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