+DEV+ Nature’s Song

Date: August 16, 2009 8:23 PM
Topic: +DEV+ Nature’s Song

Nature’s Song

“You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.” (Isaiah 55:12)
Scripture Focus: Psalm 148

Bible writers often used figurative language to express joy. However, it’s only in the movies that “the hills are alive with the sound of music.” Singing and clapping hands are ways humans praise God. Nature praises Him in different ways.

Nature’s song is more subtle: the chirping of a bird, the gurgle of a mountain stream, the swish of wind blowing through the trees, the chatter of a squirrel, the scream of an eagle, raindrops spattering against a window, the bark of a dog. These expressions may not always sound like music to us, but they are all praising God in their own way. Their praise is not a conscious act, but whenever any part of God’s great Creation does what He created it to do, He is glorified!

So praise the Lord—angels, sun, moon, shining stars, sea creatures, lightning, hail, mountains, hills, wild animals, and flying birds! Let them praise Him with their own unique songs, and let us look around and be aware that God’s world of nature is praising Him along with us.

Insight: We are not to worship nature, but let it direct our thoughts to God, who made it to glorify Himself just as He made us.