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Re:Verse passage – Psalm 24:1-10 (day four)

For he has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers.

 David’s poetry in this psalm is meant to remind us of the poetry of the creation narrative. The earth and the cosmos were all created by the King of glory and for the King of glory. There is no alternate purpose for anything in God’s created world. He created everything, from the Milky Way to the atoms that form the soil, to allow his glory to be reflected, known, and celebrated.

Because God created it and owns it, nothing in this world has purpose other than what God has given it. That includes us. We were created by the King of glory and for the King of glory. When we think of creation as anything other than the Lord’s, we misuse it. When we think of ourselves as anything other than the Lord’s, we miss our calling.