The God of gods—it’s God!—speaks out, shouts, “Earth!”
welcomes the sun in the east,
farewells the disappearing sun in the west.
Psalm 50:1
Observation: This worshipful passage opens with the image of the Lord shouting out to the entire Earth. It is sunrise, and the Lord himself awakens nature.
Application: I was up early, well before sunrise today, and at one time was looking out as the world began to lighten. It was like this. The dark makes everything unseeable, but then the sky begins to lighten, and birds begin to sing, and it seems that God himself has awakened the world. Now we are only about 30 minutes past sunrise, and outside everything is revealed, normal, without any shroud or unseeable place.
What a blessed thought, to consider the Lord himself being part of the awakening of every day! While he controls the motion of the heavens and earth, he also shines his love on us. He gives us a heart to consider each day as a new hope, a new beginning, a new opportunity. The Lord himself welcomes me to the day he has made.
Prayer: Lord, this is the day you made, and I will rejoice and be glad in it. Halleluiah. Amen.
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