Psalm 148:7: “Praise the LORD from the earth, / You great sea creatures and all the depths;”

June 2nd, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional

God has placed amazing features in the animals He has created, and in this psalm, the psalmist calls for all the things that God has created to praise Him. We often associate music with praise, and when we listen to recorded dolphin or whale sounds, we find beautiful music. This is also true in the insect world. When the chirping of crickets is slowed down by modern techniques, even the skeptic is astounded by their musicality.

Physicist Michio Kaku, co-founder of String Theory, said, “Music is the voice of God traveling through ten-dimensional hyperspace.” Although Kaku does not mean the God of the Bible nor the 12-foundational notes in classical music, he was still very close to the truth. Kaku, like Einstein, does not believe in “a personal God or a God of intervention.” But both men wrote of being amazed at the harmony found in nature. To us who believe Scripture, that harmony is simply a fingerprint of the God of truth, who left us many ways to discover Him through careful observation and study of His Creation.

The language of western music is a 12-note chromatic scale, and the language of God seems to be played out in a 12-dimensional space (2 of time). That sentence may only make sense to a few readers who understand String Theory, but may it help them do what this psalm says: “Praise the LORD from the earth.” The point is that God speaks to us from nature, and it is like music to those who listen carefully. Not everything in the universe had to be in harmony and balance. The cosmos could have been, should have been, disharmony, cacophony, and discord, but instead it is a symphony of balanced natural laws. That the earth exists at all as an inhabitable planet is one of the great miracles. Einstein was correct when he said, “God is subtle, but not malicious.” Yes, Dr. Einstein, “God is Love,” and He wants us to discover Him through honest inquiry.

“LORD, help us, give us eyes to see something new today in Your world around us.”