Psalm 24
The Earth is the Lord's and all that is in it
One of the recurring themes of the Book of Psalms is a recognition of God as creator. There is an overwhelming number of constant reminders that God created the world around us. Along with those reminders is the connection between us and the created order, we are both a part of and above the rest of that order. In Genesis we are created in part to take care of the creation, to make sure that both it and us are fruitful and multiply. Unfortunately we are much more concerned about our fruitfulness and our multiplication than we are about creations need for the same.
This may seem to you to be a bit 'tree-hugish' and I will admit to that, but the fact of the matter is that we are meant to be gardeners of the divine creation. We may till the earth, plant the seed, cover it and water it, but God created the earth and the seed and the water and the sun and the growth. We must play our role, or else it is a role that will be taken away from us. The scriptures speak about rocks crying out should we withhold our worship, how much of a loss that would be should the rocks take our job! The years pass and we too often neglect the roles we were made to inhabit, to the chagrin of the human race and to the chagrin of the whole created order.
Pick up your shovel, get your hands dirty, and play in the creation that God gave us, before it is no longer there for our nourishment and our enjoyment.
+ How can you encounter God through the work of creation?
+ How can you work in the creation to better inhabit the role that God has given you?
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