When God flung galaxies into being and his sons, these angels are called sons of God,

chips off the obloch, exuberantly praise God and shout for joy, God feels that joy himself.

Isn't there something about watching someone enjoy their own work when it's really good that just draws you in?

I'm Dan Kroover. In this episode of Light and Truth, John Piper lifts our eyes to see the joy

that God takes in everything he has made. This teaching was originally delivered at Bethlehem

Baptist Church on Wednesday evening, October 30th, 1991. Psalm 104.31, may the glory 1991.

Psalm 104.31, may the glory of the Lord endure forever, may the Lord rejoice in his works.

In the context, that means works of creation. What would be a good argument that this wish for God to rejoice in his works is not a wish for something that is uncertain?

In other words, I want to argue that when the verse says,

may the Lord rejoice in his works, the is not that hmm i wonder if you will

maybe he won't but rather the assumption is surely he will and i'm just exulting in his delight in his

works and calling him to do it as a way of exulting in him.

And my argument is that the first half of the verse,

may the glory of the Lord endure forever,

is a similar wish, and it's not at all uncertain.

May the glory of the Lord endure forever doesn't mean, hmm, I wonder if the glory of the

Lord might someday just abort and there'll never be any glory anymore. Wouldn't endure forever. Well,

that's out of the question in the psalmist's mind. He means, when he says, may the glory of the

Lord endure forever, he means it's going to endure forever and i want it to endure forever and i call it to endure

forever that's just kind of worship language so is the second half then i think that's my argument

second half is like that may the lord rejoice in his works of course he will he made the works go ahead god

enjoy yourself with your works here's another one job 387 God describes

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