I was reflecting on some great memories of hunting camp in Montana the other day.  I remember watching for elk in an open meadow and reading Psalm 19.    Mention of a “tent for the sun” caused me to wonder about tents after staying in one for several days.   What is this about God pitching a tent for the sun?   Perhaps it’s worth considering that a “tent” is a contained place where the light is focused and where people meet for rest, fellowship, warmth, and worship (a “tent” in Scripture can often be translated “tabernacle”).   A place for the presence of the SON. 

Maybe the idea is one of covering, a protected place where God clothes us with  Grace in Christ and warms us to His heart.  An environment with atmosphere might come to mind for a scientist.    God gave us an atmosphere around the earth for all of these “places” to be realized, protected, and enjoyed!  And THE SON, the Creator of all, is above and beyond the atmosphere He created.   Even in the image of a tent for the sun, neither the sun nor the SON can  be contained by it----yet He chooses to engage us where we are in the tents of our world.

I also gave some thought to the image of the sun being like a bridegroom, with the joy of running the course----the excitement and delight in doing the will of the Creator Father.   And the rejoicing, the loving excitement and delight, like a bridegroom looking forward to the consummating marriage with the bride…..His church!    The sun makes its circuit.   There is nothing stopping the sun.  There is nothing stopping THE SON.   DeLIGHT!!