Daily Devotional

July 2nd 2025

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WEDNESDAY

All the creatures look expectantly to You to give them their meals on time. You come, and they gather around; You open Your hand and they eat from it. If You turned Your back, they’d die in a minute—take back Your Spirit and they die, revert to original mud; send out Your Spirit and they spring to life—the whole countryside in bloom and blossom.—Psalm 104:27-30 (MSG)

God is not indifferent to our needs, but is personally invested in our care. God graciously feeds us, and we gladly receive what is provided. When God withholds from us, we are afraid and left impotent as to what we can do. Our lives are completely dependent upon God. When our lives are over, our earthly bodies serve as replenishment of the earth.
Some suggest that, while there may be a higher power that is responsible for the creation, that power is removed from our day-to-day affairs. Christians know that this is simply not true. God is the Sustainer of creation, inclusive of the chief creation—humanity. God sustains us, not out of a sense of responsibility, but out of a deep and abiding love. And our response to God should be one of gratitude, appreciation and devotion.
The Psalmist marvels at the diversity of God’s creation, the wisdom that God displays in the making of all that has been made. The Psalmist declares the abundance of what God has made, that the earth is covered with it. All of this speaks to the efficacy and sovereignty of God. It reminds us that our existence is for God’s purpose, not our own, in that God is the Creator.
We don’t fulfill our purpose until we are confident that our will aligns with God’s will for us. We may have goals and aspirations for our lives, but ultimate fulfillment comes in our ability to lay aside our will for ourselves and seek to fulfill God’s will for us (Luke 22:42).
God’s creative power demands a response. To merely acknowledge God without responding is not enough. Our most urgent duty is to approach our Creator in terms, not of God’s creation, but of God’s re-creation of us, through Messiah, Jesus. It is only as we come to know Jesus that we come to know and appreciate the beauty and power of God’ creation.

PRAYER: Lord, we praise You for Your creative power and for Your benevolent provision. We marvel at the intricate balance that You have established for our lives—that in You, all of our needs are met and we have the opportunity to aid in meeting the needs of others. It is our desire, as we go today, to align our will with Yours, to walk in the re-creation we enjoy because of Jesus. It is in His name that we pray. AMEN!

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