December 24th - Reflection

Psalm 96 (NRSV)
Let the earth be glad


Name of God:
We can sing endless praises to God. Just take a peek at the smallest of creation and the largest of it all and I am amazed at what God can and has created.

False gods:
But for some reason, I and so many others feel this need to create our own gods. Gods of safety and comfort and well being. Gods of education and money and selfishness. All false gods, none of which can create from nothing anything.

Come praise God:
Once I contrast the true God of all with the false god of the universe and once I try to depend on my own false gods, I come to realize that only God can save me. I fall in praise and honor to the God of my salvation.

The LORD is King:
I realize that the LORD is King not only of the universe but of me and my life. I only have life through the LORD.

God will save all creation:
This One True God will save all creation from itself with himself in Jesus. God and human became one and God came to earth and took on flesh in Jesus to save all.

God will rule and judge:The One True God, Father, Son, and Spirit rules all and judges all. No other opinion counts but that of God. So I humbly love, serve, praise and obey the God I love and the God that loves me.

Thanks be to God!

Prayer
Lord, You have brought endless joy to me this night, when you saw my need, loved me and came in flesh to save me from myself and all I have created. --- AmenO sing to the Lord a new song;
sing to the Lord, all the earth.
Sing to the Lord, bless his name;
tell of his salvation from day to day.
Declare his glory among the nations,
his marvelous works among all the peoples.
For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised;
he is to be revered above all gods.
For all the gods of the peoples are idols,
but the Lord made the heavens.
Honor and majesty are before him;
strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

Ascribe to the Lord, O families of the peoples,
ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;
bring an offering, and come into his courts.
Worship the Lord in holy splendor;
tremble before him, all the earth.

Say among the nations, "The Lord is king!
The world is firmly established; it shall never be moved.
He will judge the peoples with equity."
Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice;
let the sea roar, and all that fills it;
let the field exult, and everything in it.
Then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy
before the Lord; for he is coming,
for he is coming to judge the earth.
He will judge the world with righteousness,
and the peoples with his truth.

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