October 5, 2020

THE MAJESTY OF HIS WORKS

Sirach 17:5-8

He gave mankind the ability to deliberate,
And a tongue, eyes and ears, and a heart to think with.
He filled them with the skill of comprehension
And showed them good and evil.
He set His eye upon their hearts
To show them the majesty of His works.
They will praise His holy name
So as to fully describe the majesty of His works.

Encouraging Words

We live in a fallen world. This is what our Christian faith teaches us. God created everything to be much better than it is as we see it. That has not changed over the millennia. God sent His Son to become a human, a part of this creation so that He could redeem it and overcome that tragic event in Eden that caused this world to fall. Even though we are fallen with this world, God has still built within each one of us, characteristics that can keep us connected to, and focused on, that unfallen world. We have the ability to deliberate. We are able to taste, see, hear, feel, and smell of His divine creation and know what we are missing. We have comprehension and understanding of good and evil. He placed in our hearts His eye to see the majesty of His works and the ability to praise His holy name and articulate the majesty of His works. We are created in His image and can choose to live in that image or in the fallen image of this world. Lord, have mercy! Lord, have mercy! Lord, have mercy!