It is too small a thing for those who are rescued from death to be gathered into little groups of self-congratulatory societies. (Isaiah 49.6) The sequestering of the recipients of God’s grace in Christ Jesus is a hellish activity. The salvation work of God is for the whole world. When the King of the universe employs the might of his strength to snatch from destruction those who are willing to embrace their own undoing, the skies ring with song-shouts of joy.
Those who belong to the Lord of Lords, those who endure the tribulations of this world: tribulations brought by their own disobedience, tribulations caused by the disobedience of others, when they receive comfort, the mountains cannot contain their joy.

“Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth; break forth, O mountains, into singing! For the Lord has comforted his people and will have compassion on his afflicted.” (Isaiah 49:13, ESV)

I wonder if the splendor of the color-infused sunset or the majesty of the blue-glacial mountain is the response of creation to the works of its maker.  If this is so, how great the comfort of God, how deep his compassions for I have seen marvels in sky and mountain which testify to the greatness of God’s work.