A FRESH GLIMPSE OF GLORY

A FRESH GLIMPSE OF GLORY

READ:
Psalm 145:1-13

I will meditate on the glorious
splendor of Your majesty, and
on Your wondrous works.
-Psalm 145:5

Every summer, thousands of Good Morning America viewers cast their votes to select "The Most Beautiful Place in America."  I was delighted when the winner of 2011 was announced-Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in my home state of Michigan.  Admittedly, I didn't expect the winning location to be in my own backyard.  It reminded me of the time my wife, Martie, and I visited Niagara Falls.  A man nearby watched our tourist behavior and quipped, "Ain't nothin' to it.  I see it every day."

How easily we grow accustomed to our surroundings and dulled to things that are familiar-even places and experiences that once brought great delight.  Although God's glory is clearly displayed all around us, sometimes the busyness of everyday life blocks our view.  We take for granted His amazing work in our lives.  We lose the wonder of the cross.  We forget the privilege of being His child.  We neglect the pleasure of His presence and miss the beauty of His creation.

I love the psalmist's declaration:  "I will meditate on the glorious splendor of Your majesty, and on Your wondrous works" (Psalm 145:5).  Let's take time today to meditate on God's "wondrous works" and get a fresh glimpse of His glory! - Joe Stowell

For the beauty of each hour
Hill and vale and tree and flower,
Lord of all, to Thee we raise
This our hymn of grateful praise. -Pierpoint
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If created things are so utterly lovely, how gloriously
beautiful must be He who made them! -Antony of Padua

INSIGHT
Psalm 145, the last psalm in the final collection of Davidic psalms (138-145), celebrates God as the sovereign King ( vv.1-3, 10-13).  David praises God for what He has done (vv.4-7) and for who He is (vv.8-21).  God is "gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger and great in mercy"; His "tender mercies are over all His works" (vv.8-9) and He is "righteous in all His ways, gracious in all His works"(v.17).

Have a blessed day.
God Our Creator's Love Always
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