December 4
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IN WISDOM, GOD MADE ALL THINGS
LORD, how many are Your works!
In wisdom You have made them all;
The earth is full of Your possessions.
25 There is the sea, great and broad,
In which are swarms without number,
Animals both small and great.
26 The ships move along there,
And Leviathan, which You have formed to have fun in it.
They all wait for You To give them their food in due season.
28 You give to them, they gather it up;
You open Your hand, they are satisfied with good.
29 You hide Your face, they are terrified;
You take away their breath, they perish and return to their dust.
30 You send forth Your Spirit, they are created;
And You renew the face of the ground. -Psalm 104:24-30
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In this psalm, the psalmist addresses how God created all things in wisdom. Each and every thing he made has a purpose. The Lord made all things for Himself. He carefully thought how each of his creatures will live and every detail of their existence is well planned. In verse 25, the psalmist especially mentions the bodies of water that God has placed many different mammals and creatures to live in it. Leviathan, a sea monster is mentioned here just as Job 40 talks about this same creature. In verse 25, the psalmist says that God put Leviathan in the sea to have fun in it. Each of these creatures just wait on God to provide for them so they can continue to exist and be part of God’s plan. But, I wonder why God created Leviathan which also brings so much havoc on mankind as his spirit dwells on us and casts so much destruction. In Job 38-39, we learn that in order for creation to live and thrive, the Lord explains to Job that there must be room for the random and uncanny. I quote this from a commentary from massbible.org.
In verse 29, the psalmist recognizes the fear of not having God’s presence and how it will terrify them immensely if God abandons them. They are completely dependent on God for their lives. In verse 30 we clearly see that God is the source of life and all creation.
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REFLECTION
• Why the fear the Lord the beginning of all wisdom as Proverbs 9:10 says?