April 20, 2023 8:00 pm
Kurbera-Voronja, in the Eurasian country of Georgia, is one of the deepest caves yet explored on planet Earth. A team of explorers have probed the dark and scary depths of its caverns to two kilometers—that’s 7,188 feet into the earth! Similar caves, around 400 of them, exist in other parts of the country and across the globe. More caverns are being discovered all the time and new depth records are being set.
The mysteries of creation continue to unfold, changing and adding to our understanding of the universe we live in and causing us to wonder at the matchless creativity of God’s handiwork on earth that we’re called by God to care for and steward (Genesis 1:26–28). The psalmist invites us all to “sing for joy” and “shout aloud” to the Lord because of His greatness (v. 1). As we celebrate Earth Day tomorrow, let’s consider God’s incredible work of creation. All that it contains—whether we’ve yet discovered it or not—is cause for us to bow down in worship to Him (v. 6).
He doesn’t just know the vast, physical places of His creation, but also the intimate depths of our hearts. And not unlike the caverns of Georgia, we will go through dark and perhaps scary seasons in life. Yet knowing that God holds even those times in His powerful yet tender care: In the words of the psalmist, we are His people, the “flock under His care” (v. 7).
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Welcome to today's encouragement from Our Daily Bread. My name is Kirsten Holmberg and I titled our reading Discovering Creation. Krubera Veronia in the Eurasian country of Georgia is one of the deepest caves yet explored on planet Earth. A team of explorers have probed the dark and scary depths of its mostly vertical caverns to 2,197 meters. That's 7,208 feet into the Earth.
Similar caves, around 400 of them, exist in other parts of the country and across the globe. More caverns are being discovered all the time and new depth records are being set. The mysteries of creation continue to unfold, changing and adding to our understanding of the universe we live in and causing us to wonder at the matchless creativity of God's handiwork. The psalmist invites us all to sing for joy and shout aloud to the Lord because of his greatness.
God's work of creation, all that it contains, whether we've yet discovered it or not, is cause for us to bow down in worship. He doesn't just know the vast physical spaces of his creation. He also knows the intimate depths of our hearts.
And not unlike the caverns of Georgia, we'll go through dark and perhaps scary seasons in life. Yet we know that God holds even those times in his powerful yet tender care. In the words of the psalmist, we're his people, the flock under his care. Today's Our Daily Bread devotional scripture reading is from Psalm 95, verses one through seven. Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord. Let us shout aloud to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song. For the Lord is the great God, the great King above all gods. In his hand are the depths of the earth and the mountain peaks belong to him.
The sea is his for he made it and his hands formed the dry land. Come, let us bow down in worship. Let us kneel before the Lord our maker, for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care. Let's pray. Creator God, help us to trust in your care for us even in the darkest places. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Thanks for listening. My name is Kirsten Holmberg and today's encouragement was provided by Our Daily Bread Ministries.
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