What is the difference between creation and providence? In the beginning, God created all things of nothing. But Genesis 1 distinguishes between different ways in which God created things.
The idea of “create” from nothing is used in three places: God created “the heavens and the earth” (1:1) Then God created the inhabitants of the sea and of the air on day 5 (1:21), And then God created man (1:27).
In other places in Genesis 1, it speaks of God forming – or fashioning: when he formed the firmament in 1:7, or when he formed the sun, moon, and stars in 1:16. Or it speaks of God separating things that he had created, or calling upon the earth to bring forth vegetation and living creatures.
In other words, sometimes God spoke, and it simply “was” – but other times, God formed or separated the things that he had made; and sometimes God commanded the earth to do something, and it obeyed.
Psalm 104 gives us a very different perspective on nature than we get today.
Today we tend to view nature in terms of natural processes. We look at the sky and think about the likelihood of lake-effect snow this week. We think in terms of the food-chain, so that if we don't get enough rain, then the cows won't get enough food next year, and then milk and meat prices will go up...
Psalm 104 calls us to look at creation with new eyes....
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