​God Promises He is Very Great

Psalms 104:1, 2b-3 Praise the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, you are very great; you are clothed with splendor and majesty. 2b he stretches out the heavens like a tent 3 and lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters. He makes the clouds his chariot and rides on the wings of the wind.    
 
GOD is very great. This means that with all your senses, the LORD God becomes very large in your life. Read through the psalm, and allow your mind to receive the majestic images of God’s greatness over the natural world and over you.   
   For example, have you ever considered God is very great to stretch out the heavens like a tent? The heavens are the sky and the stars above. They do not simply exist, but God created them to shield the earth. God v 4 makes winds his messengers flames of fire his servants to reveal his very great splendor and majesty. With grace and judgment God uses the wind, water and fire to clearly state his full authority to judge the earth and to redeem the world.
   The psalm remembers God’s great judgment in the worldwide flood: V 6 You covered it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. And then he remembers God’s great grace to redeem the world. V 7 But at your rebuke the waters fled, at the sound of your thunder they took to flight; 8 they flowed over the mountains, they went down into the valleys, to the place you assigned for them.
   Even more, God is very great to promise he will not flood the world again. V 9 You set a boundary they cannot cross; never again will they cover the earth.
   God is very great to refresh his creation. V 10 He makes springs pour water into the ravines; it flows between the mountains. 11 They give water to all the beasts of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
   God is very great to bless mankind. He gives v 14b plants for man to cultivate – bringing forth food from the earth: 15 wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil to make his face shine, and bread that sustains his heart.
   God’s very great works are endless. V 24 How many are your works, O LORD! In wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures. 25 There is the sea, vast and spacious, teeming with creatures beyond number – living things both large and small. The seas are the way of commerce to benefit mankind. V 26 There the ships go to and fro. The sea is the home of great creatures, including v 26b the leviathan, which you formed to frolic there.
   God is very great over life. V 29b when you take away their breath, they die and return to the dust. 30 When you send your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the earth.
   Acknowledge God is very great as you pray to him. V 31 May the glory of the LORD stand forever; may the LORD rejoice in his works – 32 he who looks at the earth, and it trembles, who touches the mountains, and they smoke.
   Promise your very great God V 33 I will sing to the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live. Stop, too, be still and consider God is very great. 34 May my meditation be pleasing to him, as I rejoice in the LORD. And you can pray the very great God will remove all sin from his creation V 35 But may sinners vanish from the earth and the wicked be no more.
   How good it is to know we worship a very great God. Praise the LORD, O my soul. Praise the LORD.