THE SKIES CANNOT LEAVE US INDIFFERENT!

As you look at the skies what do they communicate to you?

In what way is your life different?

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. God has blessed us with a beautiful view on the water. Every morning, the sunrise is spectacular and different. Every day, 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 foolish 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.

As you and I watch nature declaring the 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? The beauty of the creation of God is inescapable. Daily it is declaring to us God 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.