Seas Established

The earth is the Lords’, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it; for he founded it on the seas and established it on the waters. ~ Psalm 24:1-2

As much as I love my home (I call it my little piece of heaven), my children, and my husband, none of them are truly mine.  The rightful owner of everything I have and everyone I love is God.  He even owns me.  I am his child; I am not my own.  The fullness of earth, and all its contents belong to God, and He is essentially loaning us everything, and all people that roam the earth.  We are but steward’s, or managers of what He has given us, and how we take care of those things, and this earth matters to Him.  He has uniquely designed this world, and all of nature to take care of itself, and us, and for our benefit to enjoy.   There is no doubt that we live in a broken world due to Adam and Eve’s first sin and the fall of man, but God still owns it – ALL of it.  I have heard it said that earth is the devil’s playground, and while Satan does roam to and fro looking for those he can devour (1 Peter 5:8), he does not own the earth.  He cannot do what God does not allow for some greater glory that will be reflected by God.  David also is astounded by the fact that God could establish the earth upon the waters.  According to Genesis 1:2 the earth was “without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep (waters).  And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.”  Furthermore, Genesis 1:9-10 says, “And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so. God called the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.”  We were blessed with a specifically detailed, uniquely designed earth to live in by an all powerful and loving God.  While we are to be good stewards of this earth and the things, and people God loans us, we need to remember that He is the ultimate invisible sustainer of the universe and us.  Let us enjoy and rejoice in God’s goodness and this extraordinary place we call earth. ~ Amen