God's Glory Church

“The valleys are covered with grain, they shout and sing!” — Psalm 64:14

I often joke fondly with my mother-in-law about her ability to talk to her dogs. She responds to their barking with love and understanding. Maybe now she and dog owners around the world will listen to the laughter of their four-legged friends, too, because scientists have discovered that many animals, including dogs, cows, foxes, seals and parrots, have “vocal play signals” known as laughter. Identifying these accompanying sounds helps distinguish an animal’s play behavior from what might look like a fight to humans.

That animals express laughter and joy gives us a wonderful glimpse of how another creation can glorify God in its own way. When King David looked at the world around him, it seemed to him that “the hills were girded with joy”, “and the valleys… shout… and sing” (Ps. 64:13-14). The psalmist was aware that God takes care of the earth and enriches it, giving beauty and everything necessary.

Even if our environment does not “sing” in the literal sense, it still testifies to God’s active work in the world and calls us to glorify Him with our voices. Therefore, let us be filled with reverence before His miracles and sing joyful songs to Him (v. 9). Do not doubt. God will hear and understand these songs.

How does your environment encourage you to glorify God? What else have you seen His works do?

God, thank you for your constant work in the world.

Author: Kirsten Holmberg