The Lord Shall Rejoice In His Works

Psalms 104:31 KJV
The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shall rejoice in his works.
Two predominant views are held as to God's relationship with the earth;

• The position that God is sovereign and dictating all that goes on in this world and
• The position that God has created it but turned it over to the free will of man.

Of course there are varying degrees of each of those opinions and varying responses toward God based upon those opinions.

Psalms 104 makes it clear that God is involved in every function of the earth even to the point of sending His own spirit to create each new life in the sea and to feed those creatures as He will.

This presents some problems for those who have difficulty with God's sovereignty.

They then argue that God is evil because He must have created evil and allows evil in this world. They are wrong.

It is a matter rather of trust.

God's Word says He is good. What He does and what He allows is always and only for good. Not everything that happens of course is good. But when it happens,

• It is the result of Satan and of man's fall into sin
• It will be used of the Lord for the best of purposes.

There is no contradiction.
God is sovereign. God rejoices in His work. God's plan is ultimately good.

I can then trust Him and rejoice with Him in all that He does.