All Creatures of Our God and King
May 22, 2009
Friday is a good day to praise the Lord!
When we worship the Lord just imagine, if you will for a moment, that all creation joins us in ceaseless praise of the Lord Jesus Christ! Imagine as the Hymn writer does that we are inviting creation to join us in worshiping the King!
Why do we have so many scenes of the creation during worship? My friends its because God designed the creation to worship Him! We are pleased to sing to God in the backdrop of creation because that’s the Lord’s intent. That we join with creation in ceaseless praise!
When we join the creation in worshiping the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit our hearts become tender. As we worship the Lord in spirit and truth we cannot but help to forgive others their sins. It is in the worship and praise of His Highest where we cast off our cares and place our reliance in the one who made us from the dust.For who are we before God but his most blessed and loved children. We should carry our faith is though it were pure gold, made of the sweetest substance and honey. We should carry our faith not as a burden but as our glory.
The end of the hymn calls us to worship the Lord with creation in humbleness. May we humble our selves before Christ this day and join the resounding chorus that never ceases in worshiping the King.
All creatures of our God and King
Lift up your voice and with us sing,
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Thou burning sun with golden beam,
Thou silver moon with softer gleam!
Refrain
O praise Him! O praise Him!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Thou rushing wind that art so strong
Ye clouds that sail in Heaven along,
O praise Him! Alleluia!
Thou rising moon, in praise rejoice,
Ye lights of evening, find a voice!
Refrain
Thou flowing water, pure and clear,
Make music for thy Lord to hear,
O praise Him! Alleluia!
Thou fire so masterful and bright,
That givest man both warmth and light.
Refrain
And all ye men of tender heart,
Forgiving others, take your part,
O sing ye! Alleluia!
Ye who long pain and sorrow bear,
Praise God and on Him cast your care!
Refrain
And thou most kind and gentle Death,
Waiting to hush our latest breath,
O praise Him! Alleluia!
Thou leadest home the child of God,
And Christ our Lord the way hath trod.
Refrain
Let all things their Creator bless,
And worship Him in humbleness,
O praise Him! Alleluia!
Praise, praise the Father, praise the Son,
And praise the Spirit, Three in One!
Refrain
As we learn to love and value the Kingdom of God we learn to love and value the King and to love and value what the King has instituted and made for his purposes.
“The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. Day to day pour out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge. There is no speech, nor are there words, whose voice is not heard. Their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun, which comes out like bridegroom leaving his chamber, and, like a strong man, runs its course with joy. Its rising is from the end of the heavens and its circuit to the end of them and there is nothing hidden from its heat” Psalm 19-1-6 (ESV).
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