“The ocean is his—he created it. He made the dry land with his own hands.”
Wow! The ocean is His—He created it! This includes all the animals in it, too! Nature is so beautifully designed that it prompts the question: “Who made all this?” “Why did he make it?” Then comes the answer, the Sovereign God created all things (Genesis 1), and it was for His own glory and for man to enjoy and have dominion over it.
One day, I was invited to a live radio debate on religion. Some people worship what God has created, and I stood up in the studio to say that humanity is created to worship the Creator, not His creation! People called in to share their views; however, I stood on the Word of God and quoted John 1:3, “Everything was made through him, and nothing was made without him.” Additionally, David drives the point home that, “The earth and everything on it belong to the LORD. The world and all its people belong to him,” (Psalm 24:1). Since we are born in a sinful world, the mind and heart are twisted from the truth, but the conviction of the truth is the work of the Holy Spirit.
In today’s verse, God, the Creator, is presented to us as the best crafter in all creation! “He made the dry land with His own hands!” God engineered the universe, and our responsibility is to look after what He crafted, and we are to worship Him and glorify His name always! Humanity belongs to Him; we are created to worship Him alone, not His creation! “Come, let us bow down and worship him! Let us kneel before the LORD who made us,” (Psalm 95:6).
The ocean that he created will not be part of the coming eternal world. “Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth. The first heaven and the first earth had disappeared. Now there was no sea,” (Revelation 21:1). Enjoy this creation of God while on this side of the world, not to worship it, but to see it as the unlimited and boundless love of God that is immeasurable towards each person in this world!
A famous Children’s Ministry sings about God’s love being so wonderful:
God’s love is so wonderful.
Oh, wonderful love
So high you can’t get over it
Oh, wonderful love
So deep you can’t get under it
Oh, wonderful love
God’s love is so wonderful
Oh, wonderful love.
By Christopher Thetswe, Bible League International staff, South Africa
