Psalm 19

This is a great psalm, a psalm of God's encounter with the world.

It begins with the world and creation's voice echoing to all people, and ends with the God-encounter in the hearts of human beings. This psalm goes to great length to remind us that there is no boundary between God's space and not-God's space. God is not restricted to certain sites or times, God is not limited in any of those respects. Yet God does choose to encounter the world in particular ways.

The most important way is through the Word- Jesus Christ. Now, what do we mean when we say that Jesus is the Word? The meaning goes back to John 1, and sometimes we mistakenly say that Jesus is the embodiment of all God said to do (which just lends itself to talk about Jesus' sinless life). Yet John seems to be talking about something much deeper. In this Psalm, David encounters God through the written word of God. Therefore Jesus as the Word is the living encounter with God. Wherever Jesus steps, there is encounter with God. I hope to see that in my life today, and I pray the same for you.