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22nd May 2025
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Glory Dy
Christianity.com Contributing Writer
'The Earth Is the Lord's'
Psalm 24 v 1-2
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God founding and establishing the Earth through such a careful degree of meticulousness is so inspiring and comforting.
It reveals more about God's passion and love for the Earth.
The Earth is His masterpiece and like an artist, He crafts it and maintains what is His.
The world and all that is in it belong to the Lord; the earth and all who live on it are his. He built it on the deep waters beneath the earth and laid its foundations in the ocean depths.
.... Psalm 24:1-2 GNT
The earth belongs to the Lord and the Lord alone and He created it.
This statement is in every Christian's mind and as Christians, we are expected to praise God for creating the world and also creating us.
Such praising is constantly being done by King David.
In Psalm 24:1-3, David praises God the Father and acknowledges that God owns the world, and the world belongs to God.
It is a beautifully crafted Psalm.
Let's analyse each verse of this passage further.
The first verse is the boldest verse.
It is a strong statement that puts emphasis on the fact that God owns everything - the earth and every single tangible and intangible thing.
The verse has two themes: ownership and belonging.
In terms of ownership, it talks about how God owns the earth, and yet in terms of belonging it talks about how we belong to God because God first loved us.
This idea of owning the earth and its belonging to Him are very touching themes for us to know and have - since God owns and has dominion, He takes such devotion and care of it.
The second verse is more specific.
David's praise recalls God creating the heavens the earth, which we all know was the beginning of all things on Earth:
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
David specifies both seas and waters and emphasizes the expanse of creation.
Additionally, he mentions the words "establish" and "founded," which are the two themes of this verse.
Establishing and founding are two words that are beyond creation.
Establishing means setting up a system or organization while founding means planning the beginning of something.
These two actions mean that God did not just decide in one day to create the earth, but He planned for it and also made a system of organization.
That is why the Earth works as it does - it was well-designed.
God founding and establishing the Earth through such a careful degree of meticulousness is so inspiring and comforting.
It reveals more about God's passion and love for the Earth.
The Earth is His masterpiece and like an artist, He crafts it and maintains His masterpiece.
David is bold in praising God.
This reminds us that we should be bold ourselves by acknowledging that God owns the world and because He owns it, we should take care of it with all our means possible.
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Glory Dy
Christianity.com Contributing Writer
She has been a content creator for more than 10 years and lives in a quiet suburb with her family.
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