The Earth Is Filled With Awe

 

“Praise awaits you, our God, in Zion; to you our vows will be fulfilled.”

—Psalm 65:1

A family in my church has recently completed a three-week trip across the United States. They undertook this journey for the benefit of their two teenage sons.

Having traveled extensively during my working days, I greatly enjoyed hearing what these two boys have to say about their journey.

King David never traveled very far, relatively speaking, but his days as a shepherd boy implanted deep within him an awesome awareness of the land where he lived.

Listen to David’s testimony recorded in Psalm 65:1-13:

Praise awaits you, our God, in Zion; to you our vows will be fulfilled. You who answer prayer, to you all people will come.

When we were overwhelmed by sins, you forgave our transgressions. Blessed are those you choose and bring near to live in your courts! We are filled with the good things of your house, of your holy temple.

You answer us with awesome and righteous deeds, God our Savior, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas, who formed the mountains by your power, having armed yourself with strength, who stilled the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the turmoil of the nations.

The whole earth is filled with awe at your wonders; where morning dawns, where evening fades, you call forth songs of joy.

You care for the land and water it; you enrich it abundantly. The streams of God are filled with water to provide the people with grain, for so you have ordained it.

You drench its furrows and level its ridges; you soften it with showers and bless its crops. You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance.

The grasslands of the wilderness overflow; the hills are clothed with gladness. The meadows are covered with flocks and the valleys are mantled with grain; they shout for joy and sing.

I don’t know how reading that Psalm may make you feel. It makes me want to shout from the housetop: “How great our God is!”

 

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