Vs. 91 — They continue this day according to Your ordinances, For all are Your servants.

Stephen Charnock:

All creatures punctually observe the law he hath implanted on their nature, and in their several capacities acknowledge him their sovereign; they move according to the inclinations he imprinted on them. The sea contains itself in its bounds, and the sun steps not out of his sphere; the stars march in their order: “They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy servants.” If he orders things contrary to their primitive nature they obey him. When he speaks the word, the devouring fire becomes gentle, and toucheth not the hair of the children he will preserve; the hunger-starved lions suspend their ravenous nature when so good a morsel as Daniel is set before them; and the sun, which had been in perpetual motion since its creation, obeys the writ of ease God sent in Joshua’s time, and stands still. (Spurgeon, C. H. (2009). The treasury of David: Psalms 111-119 (Vol. 5, p. 323). Bellingham, WA: Logos Bible Software.)

James Neil, in “Rays from the Realms of Nature,” 1879:

Wilful man may dare to defy his Maker, and set at nought his wise and merciful commands; but not so all nature besides. Well, indeed, is it for us that his other works have not erred after the pattern of our rebellion; that seed-time and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, with all their accompanying provision, have not ceased! To the precepts imposed upon vegetation when first called into being on creation’s third day, it still yields implicit submission, and the tenderest plant will die rather than transgress. What an awful contrast to this is the conduct of man, God’s noblest work, endowed with reason and a never-dying soul, yet too often ruining his health, wasting and destroying his mental power, defiling his immortal spirit, and, in a word, madly endeavouring to frustrate every purpose for which he was framed.

Prayer:

Father, all of creation … all that I see around me … as well as that which is beyond my sight, touch, and knowledge, are Your servants. You created them, gave them a purpose, and set them to serve You … and they obey You. Here I am, Your creation. You made me with a divine purpose and reason. You purposely placed me and gifted me. You went further with man than with all other creatures . And with me, I can say, You have given me light that I may see You and know You. Thy Spirit has given me a soul’s desire to love You and a longing to be with You. Am I not Your servant? Yet I cannot confess that I continue each day in Your ordinances. I often stray to please myself, as if I were god. As if I were mine own creator. As if I exist to serve myself. As if I were worthy of any glory or exaltation. Foolishness! Sinful Foolishness! Yet though selfishness desires to lead, You do not forsake me. Jesus, my precious Jesus, You own me, I am Yours. You lead me back to the Father. You have purchased me with Your blood. You are my shepherd and will keep me. Help me, Father, to learn to die to myself and live for Thee. It is in Christ Jesus that I truly live.