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"The earth is the Lord\u2019s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it."\xa0 (Psalm 24:1)

Psalm 24 reveals both the origins of the world and God\u2019s ultimate purpose in the world.\xa0 A Psalm of praise to our God!\xa0 The One who created the world and every creature and person in it, and the One who is redeeming that world as we await the coming promise.\xa0 We can\u2019t ever compete with God or exalt ourselves above God by attempting to control our circumstances or dictate the way our world should be.\xa0 The created can never be exalted above its Creator.

God ultimately created our world for His own purposes, for His own joy and for His own glory and renown. The earth belongs to Him.\xa0 We are creations of the Creator.\xa0 We belong to Him.

Every person on earth belongs to God.\xa0 The one who is devoted to God and the one sitting on the fence of faith.\xa0 The addict, the homeless, the convict, those who are smooth-talking to get their own way, and those who are broken and hopeless.\xa0 Those who believe and those who vehemently oppose God\u2026every person on earth belongs to God.\xa0 \u201cThe earth is the Lord\u2019s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it.\u201d

God\u2019s intention for the world is that He himself would fill it.\xa0 His love, His joy, His glory, His presence.\xa0

God created us not just with the capacity to worship, but with the need to do so. \xa0Whether we worship and glorify the news, or a sports team or material possessions, or our own image, or our Holy God\u2026we were created to worship, to give our love and our devotion to another.\xa0 David understood that when he wrote this Psalm.\xa0 He understood that he was the created of God.\xa0 The Philistines, as Thursday\u2019s reflections show us, did not.\xa0 But they did learn to respect God.\xa0 God doesn\u2019t just want our respect though.\xa0 He wants our devotion.\xa0 He wants our all.

\u201cDon\u2019t you realize that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God?\xa0 You do not belong to yourself\u201d (1 Cor 6:19).\xa0 We don\u2019t belong to ourselves.\xa0 We were created to glorify God!\xa0 We were created to reveal Him to the world.\xa0

Psalm 24 is a Psalm revealing the power and the glory of our Lord.\xa0 He Created our world for His glory and to reveal Himself to all who live in it. \u201cLift up your heads, you gates; be lifted up, you ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in.\xa0 Who is he, this King of glory? The LORD Almighty\u2014he is the King of glory\u201d (v 7, 10).

This Psalm helps us to reframe the focus of our lives.\xa0 God created the earth and filled it with animals and with people that are designed to resonate with and reflect the glory and the presence of God in our world.\xa0 We are designed to fill the earth with His praise.\xa0 We are created to reflect and to see the beauty of the Lord in ourselves, in others around us, in our homes, in our world.

So, celebrate God today!\xa0 We belong to God.\xa0 As we go about this day and every day we can live faithfully and obediently into that promise reflecting His glory for the world to see.\xa0 Praise be to God!