GOD’S WORD FOR MAY 29 ~ ~ “Psalm 96:12 ~ ~ “ Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice”
Continuing with excerpts from John Piper’s book, “The Pleasures of God”
Chapter 3—God’s Pleasure in His Creation.
I love the picture that God paints for Job when He is interrogating Job about creation. In Job 38:4-7, God queries:
“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?
Tell me, if you have understanding,
Who determined its measurements—surely you know!
Or who stretched the line upon it?
On what were its bases sunk,
Or who laid its cornerstone, when the morning stars sang together,
and all the sons of God—angels— shouted for joy?”
Do you see the picture? No man was there. So Job should humble himself and realize there are a few things he …and we…may not understand. But in making this point, god cannot resist, it seems, mentioning what the mood of heaven was like at the moment of creation. “All the sons of God shouted for joy” all the angels had evidently been created before the universe. And it is not hard to see why. God meant there tom be an audience when He created the world. I am sure He said, “Watch this!” When He spoke the galaxies into existence.
Imagine the awe and wonder that exploded among the angels. They had never seen or imagined matter. They are all “ministering spirits” (Hebrews 1:14) and have no material bodies as we do. ?When God brought material stuff into existence with all its incredible variety and utterly unheard-of qualities of sight and sound, smell, touch and taste, this was totally unknown to the angels. God had made it all up.
It was not like the unveiling of a new painting made of all the colors and paints we are all familiar with, It was ABSOLUTELY, TOTALLY, UNIMAGINABLY NEW!!!
The response of the sons of God was (understandably) a shout of joy!!!!
(This is not something to read and forget. This is something to think about as we go about our lives in this world. His wonders are all around us, and, as He said in Romans chapter 1, His creation speaks for His existence.
Just as a painting has a painter, a building has a builder, so original creation of matter and life has a Creator.
For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: