Psalms 145:15. The eyes of all wait upon thee;
What a King is this, who must needs feed all his subjects, and who must have all his subjects depend upon himself alone! "The eyes of all wait upon thee;"-
Psalms 145:15. And thou givest them their meat in due season.
It is an act of grace, not of debt: "Thou givest them their meat." Did you ever think of the vast variety of the separate sorts of food that the Lord provides for each of the creatures he has formed? The meat that feeds an elephant would not feed a lion, that which feeds a lion would not feed a sparrow, that which feeds a sparrow would not satisfy the fish of the sea. To every creature God gives its own food: "Thou givest them their meat in due season." The fruits of the earth do not ripen all at once, but the various harvests succeed each other. Notice how each of the many flowers is full of honey just at the time when the particular insect which is to come down into the flower-bell is needing that nectar to feed upon. It is marvellous to see how God has timed creation to the ticking of a watch; and when the flower is ready, then comes the fly, the bee, the butterfly, or the moth, that shall be fed thereby. "Thou givest them their meat in due season."
Psalms 145:15. The eyes of all wait upon thee;
What a King is this, who must needs feed all his subjects, and who must have all his subjects depend upon himself alone! "The eyes of all wait upon thee;"-
Psalms 145:15. And thou givest them their meat in due season.
It is an act of grace, not of debt: "Thou givest them their meat." Did you ever think of the vast variety of the separate sorts of food that the Lord provides for each of the creatures he has formed? The meat that feeds an elephant would not feed a lion, that which feeds a lion would not feed a sparrow, that which feeds a sparrow would not satisfy the fish of the sea. To every creature God gives its own food: "Thou givest them their meat in due season." The fruits of the earth do not ripen all at once, but the various harvests succeed each other. Notice how each of the many flowers is full of honey just at the time when the particular insect which is to come down into the flower-bell is needing that nectar to feed upon. It is marvellous to see how God has timed creation to the ticking of a watch; and when the flower is ready, then comes the fly, the bee, the butterfly, or the moth, that shall be fed thereby. "Thou givest them their meat in due season."