Psalm 104:24-34
"I believe in the Holy Spirit"
How many are your works, Lord!
In wisdom you made them all;
the earth is full of your creatures.
There is the sea, vast and spacious,
teeming with creatures beyond number—
living things both large and small.
There the ships go to and fro,
and Leviathan, which you formed to frolic there.
All creatures look to you
to give them their food at the proper time.
When you give it to them, they gather it up;
when you open your hand, they are satisfied with good things.
When you hide your face, they are terrified;
when you take away their breath,
they die and return to the dust.
When you send your Spirit,
they are created,
and you renew the face of the ground.
May the glory of the Lord endure forever;
may the Lord rejoice in his works—
he who looks at the earth, and it trembles,
who touches the mountains, and they smoke.
I will sing to the Lord all my life;
I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
May my meditation be pleasing to him,
as I rejoice in the Lord.
Psalm 104:24-34 (NIV)
This psalm celebrates the life that God gives to the earth. The same Spirit that hovered over creation in the beginning (Genesis 1:2) hovers over it still, bringing life to all. Where do you see life today?
PRAYER FOR THIS WEEK
O Holy Spirit, as you hovered over the waters in the beginning, hover over us now by your abiding presence. Comfort us with your company, fill us with your fruits, grow us in your gifts, and unite us in your love. This we ask, O blessed Spirit, with whom the Father and the Son we worship and glorify, one God, world without end. Amen.