Psalm 104

Ha! I love the simple title of this blog. I know what you must be thinking—duh! But it’s really the only thing that came to mind after reading Psalm 104. This verse summed it up well: “Lord, you have made many things; with your wisdom you made them all. The earth is full of your riches.” (vs 24)

I’ll never forget when I got my first smartphone. It was an iPhone, and for days, I was mesmerized. It was quite a journey of discovery to explore all its little functions—not to mention the whole world of apps available for download! Sometimes, I thought (and still do!) that it was smarter than me. Steve Jobs was a very smart man to have conceived of such a thing, let alone to have designed it and refined it! I am continually in awe of these little contraptions.

So, when I read today’s psalm and encountered the multitudinous litany of things God created, I had to stop and think about His creative genius. Verse 24 says He made things with His wisdom.

Tell me, what kind of genius does it take to speak light into existence?

To create a whale? A camel? A giraffe? A ladybug? A rose?

A nervous system? A brain?

It is nothing short of staggering to think about the sheer volume and variety of God’s creation. God didn’t just create one bird, He created over 10,000 different kinds. God didn’t just create one fish, He created over 25,000 different kinds. God didn’t just created one person, He has created billions and billions of different people—no two exactly alike.

I can’t fathom the kind of genius required to create everything—from light to trees to sheep. But what I do know is that it puts smartphones to shame. All the technology in today’s world can’t even begin to come close to replicating the computer that is the brain or the engine that is the flagellum.

God can create on that level, and that means He is very, very smart.