the Third Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 5 of 5
Psalms 104:1-18
Psalms 104:1-35; Psalms 105:1-45; Psalms 106:1-48 sum up the first books of the Bible. Psalms 104:1-35 celebrates the creation, whilst Psalms 105:1-45; Psalms 106:1-48 recall the history of the patriarchs and of the people of Israel.
The creation described by the Creator: what a subject, and what an author to handle it! We find again here the work of the six days of Genesis 1:1-31. On the first day: light (v. 2); on the second: the stretching out of the heavens separated by the waters (vv. 2, 3); on the third: the foundation of the earth with the gathering of the waters and the appearance of vegetation (vv. 5-9; 14 . . .); on the fourth: the establishment of the great lights (vv. 19, 22); on the fifth: the multiplying of the animals in the seas and in the air (vv. 25, 26, 12, 17); finally on the sixth day: the creation of living beings on the earth (vv. 11, 21 . . .) crowned by the creation of man (vv. 15, 23). But notice how that, side by side with God’s power and wisdom, the emphasis is again placed here on His goodness. Everything had been planned and carried out for the good and the joy of His creature (v. 11 . . .). By comparing v. 5 with v. 25 of Psalms 102:1-28 we can recognise and adore the Son in this "very great" God (v. 1; Psalms 145:3), the Creator of all things. He was one with the Father in all His counsels and in all His love.
