And It was Good

Reading in Psalms 104.31 this morning where the NLT says, "The Lord takes pleasure in all he has made. (The ESV translates this "May the Lord rejoice in his works," which I do not like since it seems to be calling for the Lord to do what he is already doing. The TNIV also has "may," so linguistically maybe it's correct).

At any rate, I'm wondering what it means for the Lord to take pleasure in all he has made. The UBS commentary points out that it looks backward to Genesis 1 and 2 where God declares all that he had made good. This seems to me to be the best interpretation.

When one looks at the world, everywhere and in all places (as Psalms 104 states emphatically) God's creation holds us in awe. Truly God made all things in wisdom and it is no wonder that he declared it good because it IS good; it demonstrates incredible wisdom and power, again and again and again.