For the past year, my ten-year-old grandson and I have been zooming for an hour, four days a week. It’s been delightful. This week, besides talking about Minecraft skins and the size of Alaska, we traveled to see where the Japanese snow monkeys live, learned about sea otters’ fur (a million hair follicles per square inch!), and watched teams of Alaska sled dogs run the 1,000 mile Iditarod in thirty degrees below zero temperatures. Yesterday, he asked me how we can know who God is since he is invisible. “If we can’t see him,” he said, “how can we know what he’s like?” I explained, the Bible says God has left himself a witness. Snow monkeys and sea otters and puppies testify. They show us who God is.
Not only does creation reflect the beauty of God, not only does creation help us realize we belong to him because he created us, but creation also speaks to us about who God is. God reveals himself through what he has made: “For since the creation of the world, God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse” (Romans 1:19-20).
God has made his power and nature plain through creation.
What can creation teach us about the Creator? If God can hold the universe in the palm of his hand, he is enormous! [Pause. Look at the palm of your hand and imagine holding the universe.] Is there any place we could go where he wouldn’t be? The psalmist ponders:
Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?
If I go up to the heavens, you are there,
If I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
If I rise on the wings of the dawn
If I settle on the far side of the sea
Even there your hand will guide me
Your right hand will hold me fast.
Psalm 139:7-10
If God is present wherever we go, then we are never alone. God is everywhere I am.
Creation leads me to my Creator and summons my worship and praise. Creation shows us we are his. Creation shows us what he is like. We learn we are never alone. Our God is strong and powerful, omniscient and omnipresent.
Creation sings, calling us to worship.
Devotional Activity
Is there a quote you’d like to add to your journal from today’s reading?
As you reflect on creation, what does she teach you about God?
How would you describe God?
What is your relationship with him like? Reflect on why your relationship with him is as it is. Would you like it to be different than it is?
The content of this post is from All Creation Sings by Luann Budd.