Bellevue Daily Devotion by Dr. Steve Gaines
Posted 01-21-2010 at 12:17:43 PM by meggers
January 21
A Sermon In the Sky
Psalm 19:1 -- "The heavens are telling of the glory of God; and their expanse is declaring the work of His hands."
My wife and I sat in the boat gazing in awe at the midnight sky above us. The lake that was nestled between the rolling Ozark Mountains of northern Arkansas reflected the light of the millions of stars above. We held hands beneath that celestial sanctuary. We worshipped the Lord as we acknowledged the majestic beauty displayed in the sky above us. There was a silent sermon in that sky. We heard its message loud and clear.
Foolish people say in their hearts that there is no God (Psalm 14:1f). They say it in their hearts because in their minds they know better. Everyone knows there is a God. The beauty of creation proves it. The Lord's "invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen" through the created order of the Universe (Romans 1:20).
To smugly deny that such a Creator exists is foolish speech indeed (Romans 1:22). The majestic mountains cry out, "There is a God!" The vast oceans teeming with life proclaim, "The Creator made all of this!" The innocent face of a newborn baby shouts aloud, "I am not an accidental result of nature, nor am I the product of billions of years of random, biological mutation. Rather, I have been fearfully and wonderfully made by a holy God!" Creation is preaching even if no one is listening.
I have seen the sun rise over the hills of the Golan Heights as its rays reflected off the waters of the Sea of Galilee. I have ascended the slopes of the Colorado Rocky Mountains at nighttime and seen the same stars we saw in Arkansas. I have stared in rapture as the sun sank into the majestic plains of Texas. I have seen these, and many other sermons in the sky. Do not tell me there is no God. The sky is shouting, "He is!"
From the book Morning Manna
©2003 by Dr. Steve Gaines
All Rights Reserved
Scripture quotations taken from the NASB.
A Sermon In the Sky
Psalm 19:1 -- "The heavens are telling of the glory of God; and their expanse is declaring the work of His hands."
My wife and I sat in the boat gazing in awe at the midnight sky above us. The lake that was nestled between the rolling Ozark Mountains of northern Arkansas reflected the light of the millions of stars above. We held hands beneath that celestial sanctuary. We worshipped the Lord as we acknowledged the majestic beauty displayed in the sky above us. There was a silent sermon in that sky. We heard its message loud and clear.
Foolish people say in their hearts that there is no God (Psalm 14:1f). They say it in their hearts because in their minds they know better. Everyone knows there is a God. The beauty of creation proves it. The Lord's "invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen" through the created order of the Universe (Romans 1:20).
To smugly deny that such a Creator exists is foolish speech indeed (Romans 1:22). The majestic mountains cry out, "There is a God!" The vast oceans teeming with life proclaim, "The Creator made all of this!" The innocent face of a newborn baby shouts aloud, "I am not an accidental result of nature, nor am I the product of billions of years of random, biological mutation. Rather, I have been fearfully and wonderfully made by a holy God!" Creation is preaching even if no one is listening.
I have seen the sun rise over the hills of the Golan Heights as its rays reflected off the waters of the Sea of Galilee. I have ascended the slopes of the Colorado Rocky Mountains at nighttime and seen the same stars we saw in Arkansas. I have stared in rapture as the sun sank into the majestic plains of Texas. I have seen these, and many other sermons in the sky. Do not tell me there is no God. The sky is shouting, "He is!"
From the book Morning Manna
©2003 by Dr. Steve Gaines
All Rights Reserved
Scripture quotations taken from the NASB.
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