Which other Scriptures affirm God's role as Creator and Sustainer of all? Psalm 115:15—Launch Point “May you be blessed by the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.” God’s blessing is tied to who He is: the literal “Maker”—the One who both brings creation into existence and keeps it going. Scripture keeps circling back to that truth. Old Testament Passages that Echo the Creator Theme • Genesis 1:1 — “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” • Genesis 2:4 — “This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made them.” • Nehemiah 9:6 — “You alone are the LORD. You created the heavens, even the highest heavens, and all their host, the earth and everything on it, the seas and everything in them. You give life to all, and the host of heaven worships You.” • Job 12:10 — “The life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as the breath of all mankind.” • Psalm 24:1-2 — “The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell therein. For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.” • Psalm 33:6, 9 — “By the word of the LORD the heavens were made… For He spoke, and it came to be; He commanded, and it stood firm.” • Psalm 104:24-30 — “How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You made them all… When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die… When You send Your Spirit, they are created, and You renew the face of the earth.” • Isaiah 40:26 — “Lift up your eyes on high and see. Who created these? He brings out the starry host by number… because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.” • Isaiah 42:5 — “Thus says God the LORD—He who created the heavens and stretched them out… who gives breath to the people on it and spirit to those who walk in it.” • Isaiah 45:18 — “For this is what the LORD says—He who created the heavens, He is God… He did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited: ‘I am the LORD, and there is no other.’” • Jeremiah 10:12-13 — “He made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding… He causes the clouds to rise… He sends the lightning with the rain.” • Amos 5:8 — “He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness to dawn and darkens day to night… the LORD is His name.” New Testament Passages that Confirm and Deepen the Truth • John 1:1-3 — “In the beginning was the Word… All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that has been made.” • Acts 17:24-25 — “The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth… He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.” • Romans 11:36 — “For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever! Amen.” • 1 Corinthians 8:6 — “Yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist.” • Colossians 1:16-17 — “For in Him all things were created… all things have been created through Him and for Him. He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.” • Hebrews 1:2-3 — “In these last days He has spoken to us by His Son… through whom He made the universe. The Son… sustains all things by His powerful word.” • Hebrews 11:3 — “By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.” • Revelation 4:11 — “Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things, and by Your will they exist and were created.” • Revelation 14:7 — “Worship Him who made the heavens and the earth, the sea and the springs of water.” Creation and Sustenance—Two Sides of the Same Coin • He spoke everything into existence (Genesis 1:1; Psalm 33:9). • He keeps every creature alive moment-by-moment (Job 12:10; Acts 17:24-25). • Christ holds the cosmos together right now (Colossians 1:17; Hebrews 1:3). • Even the cycles of nature—rain, seasons, star paths—are maintained by His word (Jeremiah 10:13; Amos 5:8). Living Response Seeing the sweep of Scripture—Genesis to Revelation—underscores that the God who blesses in Psalm 115:15 is not a distant clockmaker. He is the hands-on Creator and constant Sustainer, worthy of trust for every detail of life today. |
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