I do believe that God delights in creation -- we get that sense in Genesis, when God rests when it is complete, and we find that again in Job, when God is speaking of the wondrous things that God has made. In Revelation, when creation has been renewed, there is an amazing claim that there will not need to be any light, for God himself will be the light of the people.
The reality of sin is working against God's order in creation, and we all have a choice as to where we want to direct the attention of our hearts. We can choose to praise God and meditate on God's good works, or we can pursue false idols or a life of materialism. The challenging thing about the choice is that it's rarely crystal clear -- I don't think people wake up and decide they're going to pursue an idol. We drift into it, making choices unconsciously, doing what is easy or goes along with the mainstream.
When we praise God, we make the intentional choice to focus on God's faithfulness, on God's righteousness, on God's justice. In doing so, we let the steadfast love of God fill us, and then it flows through us into the lives of those around us, and we join with God in working towards the new creation.
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