In the end, it's not going to be the seas, it's not going to be the ocean, it's not going to be the deserts, or the flowers or the mountains, it's not going to be the ocean it's not going to be the deserts or the flowers or the mountains

it's not going to be spiders it's not going to be the grand galaxies it's going to be

God himself that satisfies the soul nothing short of God will do the infinite

expanses of the galaxies will not satisfy my longing for grandeur, only the maker himself.

Why should it matter to us that God delights in His creation.

That's the question John Piper answers from Psalm 104,

verse 31 in this episode of Light and Truth.

This sermon was originally preached at Bethlehem Baptist Church on February 8th,

1987.

Today I want to talk about one of the most astonishing things God has ever done, the creation of the universe.

And what a universe it is.

What a universe it is!

And what a God, what a God must be behind this universe.

I want to ask two questions.

One, does God take pleasure in the works of creation?

And secondly, if so, why does he?

In answer to the first question, I direct your attention to Psalm 104 verse 31. May the glory of the Lord endure forever. May the Lord rejoice in his works. The Psalmist is not praying for an uncertainty that might come true.

He's exulting in a certainty.

He's shouting the glory of the Lord.

Let it endure forever. I may it happen it is sure and the same

thing in the second verse or the second line of the verse may the glory of the

Lord endure forever and may the Lord go on rejoicing in his works forever.

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