This Day at Your Creating Word
This day at Your creating word
The hymn emphasizes God's sovereign creative word and the ordering of creation according to divine wisdom, themes central to Lutheran doctrine of creation and God's omnipotence. It connects the daily cycle of light and darkness to God's providential care and the believer's rest in divine sovereignty.
History & Background
Martin Behm composed this hymn in early 17th-century Germany as a meditation on creation and God's ordering of day and night. It was translated into English by Matthias Loy in the 19th century and included in The Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary (TLH) as a morning hymn.
Hymnal Appearances
- The Lutheran Hymnal — 12
Translation
Bulletin Note
Written by Martin Behm in 1610, this Lutheran hymn connects the daily cycle of creation to God's providential care, reflecting core Lutheran theology of creation and divine sovereignty through the ordering of light and darkness.
Preaching Connection
This hymn embodies the Law-Gospel dialectic by grounding human dependence on God's creative ordering (Law) while celebrating the sustaining grace of that same creative Word made flesh in Christ (Gospel).
Themes
God's creation light and darkness divine providence rest in God day of the Lord