Psalms 104:25-30

In these verses, from others of the great works of God in the kingdom of nature, the Psalmist finds occasion to raise songs of praise. And most beautiful and expressive is the subject. In the congregated waters of the great deep, the immeasurable expanse of ocean, the innumerable living creatures there dwelling, the great and small inhabitants of all the finny tribe; what a thought does it form in the human mind, in the contemplation of the immensity and omnipotency of God, that all these wait upon him, and are every moment living upon his bounty! But, Reader! is it not doubly improving to spiritualise the subject, and in the kingdom of grace to remark the fulness of Him who filleth all in all; as not only supplying the redeemed in heaven in the church above, but also the whole of his people in the church below, in one and the same moment, by the unceasing communication of himself in an endless perpetuity of supply of grace and mercy, and life, and light, and salvation. Precious Jesus! it hath pleased the Father, that in thee should all fulness dwell. Thou art in the midst of the throne, feeding thy redeemed in glory. And thou art no less attentive to all the wants of thy people below. Of thee, the whole family in heaven and earth is named. And all wait upon thee; for it is thou that satisfieth the desire of every living thing. Ephesians 1:22; Revelation 7:17. If, Lord, thou shouldest suspend but for a moment that spiritual life which thou dost impart by the Holy Ghost, how lifeless do our souls become! but when thou renewest thy bounty, oh! how refreshing is the new creation of Jesus! And what will it be, Lord, in that great day when soul and body, forever living to Christ, and in Christ, shall die no more, but arise to all the glories of salvation!