May 22, 2023

Psalm 145: 21 Let every creature praise his holy name for ever and ever. (NIV)

Even in a world tarnished by sin, creation performs like a giant choir . . . of natural wonders that join their voices in harmonious praise, inspiring us to honor the Creator.*

We know that animals and bugs and inanimate objects don’t actually speak words of praise, but their very existence shouts praiseworthy information about God. Creation is too beautiful and intricate and precise not to have been engineered and produced by a divine mastermind.

While all the rest of creation is praising God, his finest piece of work – mankind – is often less enthusiastic than the other creatures. Nothing else formed by his hands chooses to reject him or deny his existence.* We don’t hesitate to exercise our God-given freewill to question him – and he allows it. Because, of all the wonders of the universe, God has chosen to love us and to pursue us and to save us from the poor choices we make.

Praising God should be easy: for his power, his love, his forgiveness, his holiness. Praising him "for ever and ever" will be easy for those who choose to accept him because we will spend eternity with him.

Do we hope that praising God will be the blessedness of our eternity? Surely, then we ought to make it the business of our time.*