Rejoice in the Lord (Stunned and Awed)

God opened his mouth and creation He spoke

He looks on the earth and it trembles and quakes

He looks on the mountains they shudder and smoke

He sheds His glory on all that he makes!

I will sing to the Lord as long as I live

While I still have being I will sing

The fruit and the praise of my lips I will give

May my meditation be a pleasing offering

I will sing praise to my God while I have being. . . . For I rejoice in the Lord.

I will sing praise to my God while I have being. . . . For I rejoice in the Lord.

We're stunned and awed by God's work of creation

Yet they point beyond themselves to Him

'Tis not for its sake nature requires an ovation

Its grandeur and majesty raise up a cadenced hymn

These are but shadows; but God is the substance.

These are scattered beams; but God is the sun.

These are but streams; but God is the ocean.

Creation points to the All Glorious One...

I will sing praise to my God while I have being. . . . For I rejoice in the Lord.

I will sing praise to my God while I have being. . . . 

For I rejoice in the Lord.

I will sing praise to my God while I have being

I will sing praise to my God for worthy is He

I will sing praise to my God though all I am seeing

Is through a glass darkly this side of eternity.

In the end it will not be the seas or the mountains

Or great galaxies that sets our hearts ablaze

God Himself will fill us to breaking with wonder

And fill our mouths and our souls with eternal praise.

I will sing praise to my God while I have being. . . . 

For I rejoice in the Lord.

I will sing praise to my God while I have being. . . . 

For I rejoice in the Lord.

Inspired by Psalm 104:31-34

Jonathan Edwards
and a John Piper devotion

August 26, 2018
Anthony Foster