Sermon Tone Analysis

Bless the Lord

The God who Satisfies.

God is an amazing and wonderful creator.

He has made such an amazing and beautiful creation.

How often do we take the time to revel in His artwork?

Do we stop and look at what He has made with awe or do we just acknowledge it and move on?

We see in Ps. 104:1-4

We see the greatness of God in these few brief verses.

He is clothed in splendor and majesty.

He is light and has made it all.

When we take time and bless God and praise His creation we see His awesomeness and know that He is something so much more than anything else we know.

This passage tells us that God reveals Himself in His creation.

He makes Himself known in what He has made.

When we take the time and revel in His creation we are blessing Him and praising Him.

Just like when we exclaim “man those are some awesome spurs!”

We are making a statement about the spur maker.

He made a thing of beauty and we are praising him for it.

We will wear them and proudly boast about his work.

This is what we do for the Lord when we boast of His beautiful creation which far surpasses any spur or bit in this creation.

God through His creation reveals Himself to us and He allows us the opportunity to praise and glorify Him.

But He also shows us more about Himself in the creation.

He shows how He is the God who satisfies.

We see this in that He is the Sovereign Creator, how He has Situated everything Purposefully, and because of this all who look to Him will have Satisfaction guaranteed.

In verses 5-9 we see He is...

Sovereign Creator (5-9)

This Psalm shows us that God is the power behind creation.

It describes his creation along with Genesis 1.

This is a praise of His creation and His power.

This section tells us that God has set everything as it is and nothing will remove or alter it but Him alone.

You may ask how I know only Him alone can alter the creation.

Only He can because only He created it and He sustains it all.

The text says he set a boundary that the waters may not pass and and cover the earth again.

If He can do this, then He will maintain all the world until He makes His changes that He has already told us He will do.

He is the all-powerful creator.

He set the earth, He covered it with water and made the mountains to rise above, the waters took flight at His rebuke, and nothing can pass the boundary He has set.

I mention all of this because so many people today are telling us to trust in science and people to change the world.

To change what is happening with climate and many other aspects of the creation.

I am not saying we are not to be good stewards of His creation, but we know that He is in charge and nothing will alter what He has set.

It is like when you work for a ranch.

You are to care for the part you are set over, but if you do not you don’t hinder the owners plans.

He will accomplish what he has set to do regardless how well you tend it.

He will fire you and get another person to take your place.

All you hurt in this scenario is yourself.

The same is true with creation.

When we participate with God in what He has made and in His plans we receive blessings and joy.

When we do not we receive nothing but possible rebuke and removal.

It is best that we follow His plans and His design and participate with Him rather than listen to anything the world says and wants.

In His creation we also see that He has...

Situated Everything Purposefully (10-18)

Nothing is here without purpose.

Nothing is set here without meaning.

Everything is set for some reason.

We just may not know it fully but what we know is that God did not just make this and leave it to run down like a wound clock.

In the verses we will read in a moment we see that the verbs are mostly in present tense meaning that God is still actively involved with the creation.

We read...

Springs water the animals, the grass and trees grow because of them, birds nest in the trees, the plants give us food and other pleasures, the trees are made to grow strong so we can build homes and buildings, birds rest in them as their homes, the mountains are provisions for the goats and other animals.

God made everything for a purpose.

He keeps the purposes moving along to where they are to go.

He is actively involved.

What this means is that you are not alone.

You may be in a tough situation and struggling and wondering why.

What this section tells us is that God has not abandoned you.

He is still actively working in His creation and wherever you are, you are not too far away that He cannot reach you.

There is a purpose for you hearing this today.

There is a purpose for being where you are.

You may be in a bad situation that is full of sin and despair.

Know that there is still purpose for you.

You can learn from the situation and grow.

Sin is present and it has caused much grief in God’s purposes.

Just like the camp man who does nothing.

He is causing grief by doing nothing and things may look bleak at that ranch for a spell.

But know that no sin or bad situation has removed you from the purpose God has for you in His creation.

He placed each of us in His creation for a reason.

I can promise that this reason is not to live in sin and be in rebellion to Him.

That is what the world has done and our sinful hearts.

But God has placed you here for a purpose.

If He made all of this and is still involved in it, then you can guarantee that He has a purpose for you.

I am currently reading a book about evangelism.

It is written by a man named William Fay.

He was involved with the mob and in some serious illegal activities.

He was living fully for himself and no one else.

He was in sin about as far as one could be.

Yet, because he was a racquetball player he met a christian man.

He made fun of him and sneered at Christianity.

Until he got in serious trouble with the government and was facing some serious problems.

That man he made fun of and sneered at called to check on him and helped him in his despair.

He turned from that life and believed in Christ.

He is now an extraordinaire evangelist for the Lord.

He was in a bad and wicked situation but he was not too far gone for the Lord.

He had a purpose and God revealed it to him through despair but also a faithful believer.

I want you to know that God has placed you here for a purpose and has a plan.

Also, He has not abandoned you to live it alone.

He is active and working here and you can rest in that.

When you do you can know...

Satisfaction is Guaranteed (27-30)

It just follows that since God is the Sovereign Creator and that He has a Purpose for all His creation and is still active in it that He can satisfy all who seek Him.

We see this in Psalm 104:27-30

He can and will satisfy all who LOOK TO HIM.

We must look to Him for our satisfaction.

We must look to Him to discover our purpose.