Psa 36:5 Your steadfast love, O LORD, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds.
Psa 36:6 Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; your judgments are like the great deep; man and beast you save, O LORD.
Psa 36:7 How precious is your steadfast love, O God! The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings.
Psa 36:8 They feast on the abundance of your house, and you give them drink from the river of your delights.
Psa 36:9 For with you is the fountain of life; in your light do we see light.
What wonderful words are these! I received a portion in an email from the Voice of the Martyrs today and thought I would share them with you. In what ways do we see the character of God manifested in His marvelous creation? These verses tell us of a few:
1) His creation is great, unfathomed, infinite, and so is our God! The stars swirl endlessly into space. Our bodies are infinitely complex. As technology advances, the complexity of living things fills our microscopes and our minds. Whether I’m splitting atoms or admiring stars, my God is infinite in even the very minute details of my life.
2) Yet the greatness of our God would be nothing to us if it could not touch our hearts. A mother’s hand would mean nothing to her child if they were separated from birth. Yet praise be to God, his greatness did not separate us but His love united us to Himself. His greatness combined with His love in such a way that He sent His own infinite Son into a finite world to bring mortal, insignificant man to God! Therefore, The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of Your wings. What a neat picture God has given us in the example of a hen protecting her chicks. The God Who created us to love is the God who loves us without measure.
3) Water abounds with symbolism in the Scriptures. Here the psalmist seems to link it with a never-ending stream of satisfying delight and exhuberant life.
4) Light is another rich symbol of Scripture. Surely it is God who enlightens us to truth, to direction, to correction, to preservation. How dark would be our hearts in the shadow of death without the shining Light of His Word and countenance upon us. How delightful to have the “Dayspring (sunrise) from on High” with us each day! Luke 1:78-79
~NEB