READ PSALM 19
WE
LIVE EACH DAY IN VIEW OF THE IMMENSE GRACE OF GOD
Psalm
19:1-6
The
heavens declare the glory of God,
and
the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
Day
to day pours out speech,
and
night to night reveals knowledge.
There
is no speech, nor are there words,
whose
voice is not heard.
Their voice goes
out through all the earth,
and
their words to the end of the world.
In
them he has set a tent for the sun,
which
comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber,
and,
like a strong man, runs its course with joy.
Its
rising is from the end of the heavens,
and
its circuit to the end of them,
and
there is nothing hidden from its heat.
We
have all been mesmerized by the beauty of a sunrise. When we lived in Florida, God
blessed us with a beautiful view over the water. Every morning, the sunrise was
spectacular and different. Every day, everywhere, nature proclaims the
existence and power of God. Every evening, as the sun sets with its beautiful
colors, God is declaring His amazing power and grace.
God’s
creation uses no audible words, but its communication is loud and clear. This
communication has continued throughout the years, and it will not cease until
Christ returns. No man has ever lived at any time or in any place, where God’s
revelation through nature has not been plainly visible.
No
one escapes this revelation, nor does he escape judgment of his response to the
display of God’s power and worthiness of praise.
Genesis
1:1-5
In the beginning, God created the
heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness
was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face
of the waters.
And God said, “Let there be
light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God
separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the
darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the
first day.
God
created all from nothing, and He truly created it in six 24-hour days. Man, in
his arrogant unbelief, has tried to explain the formation of the world without
God. His perceived knowledge has proven him to be a fool, and is inviting the
perfect judgment of God.
Romans
1:18-23
For the wrath of God is
revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by
their unrighteousness suppress the truth. For what can be known about
God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible
attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly
perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have
been made. So they are without excuse. For although they knew God, they
did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in
their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Claiming to be
wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal
God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.
We
cannot forget that, although nature is sufficient to declare the existence of
the Creator and the necessity for man to honor, submit, and worship Him, it is
not communicative enough to bring salvation.
We
have the daily responsibility to present and live the Gospel before a
rebellious world. We have the privilege to present the solution to the sins
that every man has committed before God by not recognizing Him as their God.
The
beauty of the creation of God is inescapable. Daily it is declaring to us God’s
power. As you and I watch nature declaring this creative and sustaining power
of God, how are we spending our allotted time? Have we allowed the business of
our lives, the problems we face, the people we encounter, to distract us so
much that we are not living in awe of God’s amazing power?
We
are not self-made men, we are not self-sustaining men. We live each day in view
of the immense grace of God. So may our days reflect these simple truths and be
filled with grateful worship, as we invite an unbelieving world to worship the
God we love and serve.
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