I love Psalm 104! Verses 1-6 says this:
1 BLESS (AFFECTIONATELY, gratefully praise) the Lord, O my soul! O Lord my God, You are very great! You are clothed with honor and majesty-- 2 [You are the One] Who covers Yourself with light as with a garment, Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain or a tent, 3 Who lays the beams of the upper room of His abode in the waters [above the firmament], Who makes the clouds His chariot, Who walks on the wings of the wind, 4 Who makes winds His messengers, flames of fire His ministers. 5 You laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved forever. 6 You covered it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
Today I particularly like verse 4! "Ministers" here is the Hebrew word "sharath". It means: to attend as a worshiper, to contribute to. I really love what Vine's Expository Dictionary says: "As a term for serving or ministering, "sharath" is to be distinguished from the term for more menial serving, "`abad", which means: slave or servant. Instead, this word is used of the "serving" done by royal household workers." We who have been set free by the Blood of Jesus must now CHOOSE to become "bond slaves" of the One, True, Most High, Living, Almighty God of the Bible! THAT is the very best choice we can ever make! He will then make us as a flaming fire! Fire cannot be ignored, can it? THAT is who HE means for us to be! AMEN! THEN we can really begin to BE the "Church On Fire" that we so want to become! here is Hillsong with that very song!
Shalom in Him!
