Psalm 65:9-13

You care for the land and water it;
    you enrich it abundantly.
The streams of God are filled with water
    to provide the people with grain,
    for so you have ordained it.[a]
10 You drench its furrows and level its ridges;
    you soften it with showers and bless its crops.
11 You crown the year with your bounty,
    and your carts overflow with abundance.
12 The grasslands of the wilderness overflow;
    the hills are clothed with gladness.
13 The meadows are covered with flocks
    and the valleys are mantled with grain;
    they shout for joy and sing.

God himself cares for the world he has made. He waters it and fertilizes it - the cycles of growth and fertility are grounded in his own life-giving nature. He is the author of all life - from the life of a flower to the new birth that saves eternally (1 Timothy 6:13). Since God's Spirit both preaches to hearts and cultivates the soul, the work of both the preacher and the farmer have divine dignity. God's people should be at the forefront of those who care for creation. In the final verses we get a vision of a great Spring, when through Christ all the world shakes off not just winter cold but sin and death.
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