God’s goodness, God’s provision

As I read Psalm 104, I couldn’t help but think of Jesus’ words in his Sermon on the Mount.

Therefore I tell you: Don’t worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; or about your body, what you will wear.

Isn’t life more than food and the body more than clothing?

Consider the birds of the sky: They don’t sow or reap or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them.

Aren’t you worth more than they? (Matthew 6:25-26)

I’m not sure, but maybe Jesus took some of his ideas from this psalm. Time and again, we see in this psalm God providing food, water, and shelter for the animals of this earth.

And if God cares for them, how much more will he care for us?

How often do we meditate on our worries each day?  

How much better to pray as the psalmist did?

I will sing to the Lord all my life;
I will sing praise to my God while I live.

May my meditation be pleasing to him;
I will rejoice in the Lord. (Psalm 104:33-34)