God among nature ( psalms 104 : 9 ∼ 18 ) Intro ) There are 150 chapters in Psalms and most of their titles tell us of the author or theme ofthe song . However , there are 34 chapters without titles including today ’ s chapter . Chapter 103 was written by King David and Chapter 104 is smoothly connected to 103 so it seems like the author is David . Chapter 104 is a beautiful song . 10 He sendeth the springs into thevalleys , which run among the hills . 11 Theygive drink to every beast of the field : the wild asses quench their thirst . 12 Bythem shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation , which sing among thebranches . Such a beautifulverses . Anyways we there are three things we can learn from the chapter 104 . Body ) A . First , it helps realize howbeautiful His creations are . This Chapter is conversionof Genesis chapter 1 to poem . So when you read today ’ s chapter alongside with Genesis it doubles upthe blessing . The song starts with light and ends with Human . Inbetween those many of God ’ s creations appears in the verse . The sequenceof creations in the song is parallel to what is written in Genesis . Light , sky , earth , sea , animals , birds , moon , sun and human . David ’ s another song Psalms 19 shows God ’ s glory again “ Theheavens declare the glory of God ; and the firmament sheweth his handywork . ." Hymn 78 “ This is My Father ' sWorld " This is my Father ' s world : I rest me in the thoughtOf rocks and trees , of skies and seas -- His hand the wonders wrought . ” That is right God ’ s creations are evidence of God ’ s wonder andGlory . Of course the best of his creation is Human so weneed to glorify God through us . Other people should see God ’ s glorythrough us more than they amazed by nature . If not we need to try hard andbetter ourselves in Christ to show God ’ s glory throughus . Otherwise we would be less than other creations . B . Secondly , God protects us right now with his love . After He created universe he never said “ I don ’ t care . ” He always has been taking care ofthis universe . Some calls this continued creation . This is another evidence ofGod . He is giving a lot to his creations . For instance life , let us read verse 29 " Thou hidest thy face , they are troubled : thoutakest away their breath , they die , and return to their dust . ", He also provides food , verse 11 , 14 , 21 and 28 shows us how he provide drinks andfood to various creatures in the world both on the ground and in the water . Godalso gives us human food . Let ’ s try simple reasoning . If God feeds hiscreations and if we are His favorite then he must provide us with best things . AmI right ? I hope you believe this . Also he provides shelter to His creations . Heprovided tree branches near a pond for birds . He gave mountains to mountain goats . He gave rocksfor raccoons . He gave caves for lions . Do you have place to live ? If notbelieve that God will provide you a shelter . Chapteralso says that God gives us work and rest . Verse 20 ~ 23 says creatures workthrough night and rest under daylight . It would be reversed for us human . Restingis really important for us to stay healthy . We are more precious than animalsor fish believe that God will provide us with better things . It is reallyimportant that we ask God what we need . Look verse 21 , Lions asking God forfoods . 27 say creatures in the ocean asking Him to feed . If you have God ask ifyou do not ask it would be like waiting something to drink right next to awall . A pastor who is blind was building church . Most ofhis congregations were poor and blind . So building a church was reallychallenging for him . His health became weary so he took leave and went to theocean to rest . one day he was walking along the beach . At the beach , childrenwere building sand castle . And singing the song “ Toad , Toad give us new housewill give you old house . ” When the pastor heard thissong he was challenged . “ I treated God less than atoad . Why didn ’ t I ask God for help ? ” He was encouraged again and came back to Seoul and finished hischurch which is ‘ New Light Blind Church . ” Verse 14 tells us that God grows vegetable andfoods . Verse 15 says God gives us wine and food that makes our heart strong . Believe that God istaking care of us in detail and listens to us so ask hard . Finally , we need to realize our responsibility as a God ’ s creation . Verse 104 is like symphony of life in forest of June . Also when we hear it withour spirit we could hear God ’ s love song . This symphonyis majestic , clouds become God ’ s floats , Wind become his wing and fire becomeGod ’ s work . At verse 7 we would hear loud drum “ At thy rebuke theyfled ; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away . ” And it will quite down aroundverse 16 and 17 “ Where the birds maketheir nests : as for the stork , the fir trees are her house . ” Conclusion ) Well . God picked usas the conductor for this symphony . Genesis 1 : 26 says " AndGod said , Let us make man in our image , after our likeness : and let them havedominion over the fish of the sea , and over the fowl of the air , and over thecattle , and over all the earth , and over every creeping thing that creepethupon the earth . " However , are we doing it right ? Same music can play differently depending onthe conductors . We are turning this beautiful music into a noise . Our world isscreaming . We need to recover its original tune . Verse 31 says " The glory of the Lord shallendure for ever : the Lord shall rejoice in his works . " Our Job as a savedChristians is continuing God ’ s glory , make God rejoice . We need to be saltand light in this world . We should not live for the bread we need to live forthe glory of God . To do that you need to take care of your health and spirit . I hope and pray inthis week , listen to God in nature . Be humble in the universe , find God ’ s glory . FindGod who works in each four seasons . Gain new strength . Take care of yourmission from God and win . 032419 , IK SUN AHN