The earth is the Lord's and all that is in it, the world, and those who live in it; for he has founded it on the seas, and established it on the rivers.
--Psalm 24:1-2
Make no mistake, our Lord loves the great outdoors. More than that, the great outdoors belongs to the the Lord. The psalmist confesses that the Lord founded and established the world.
Many, these days, believe that the world is in peril. Our science points to global climate change and suggests that human beings are the culprit. All of this implies a kind of benign world where "God talk" is quite irrelevant and most out of date. One might argue that the scientific revolution has long left God out there dangling somewhere.
The psalmist knows full well that our Lord is intimately related to what He has made. That takes a lot of pressure off, and it frees us to care for the Lord's world as best we can.
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