By awesome deeds you answer us with righteousness,O God of our salvation,
the hope of all the ends of the earth
and of the farthest seas;
the one who by his strength established the mountains,
being girded with might;
who stills the roaring of the seas,
the roaring of their waves,
the tumult of the peoples,
so that those who dwell at the ends of the earth are in awe at your signs.
You make the going out of the morning and the evening to shout for joy - Psalm 65:5-8
Can you hear? Do you see? Or are you just like me?
How unimpressed we are!
Just like the masses who were always hearing but never understanding, and always seeing but never perceiving, we have become dangerously indifferent to what is screaming at us for recognition. The mighty works of God in both creation (making all things) and redemption (making all things new) are blaring at us from every angle and we have our headphones on. The trees, the mountains, the roaring of the seas and it's waves. The vast complexity of human life. It never ceases to proclaim the glories of the One who brought it into existence.
It has been said that God has written two great books, choosing to reveal Himself to his subjects in two ways.
1) Creation.
2) The Bible.
The first book contains chapter after chapter of God's workmanship, displaying his divine power and wisdom. And it is not until we begin reading the second book that we see that the first was really just a preface. A setting of the scene. The building of the theatre, for the glory of God to be made clear to all things. The Bible reveals that the Architect and Builder built the theatre for one purpose - to send His Son into it to fulfill the mission he had since before the foundation of the world (Rev. 13:8).
My goal in sharing this short and heavy post is to do my small part in seeing 1) people's ears opened to the voice of creation as it yells and points to a powerful God, and 2) seeing people's eyes opened to the motives behind this powerful God's work. And what was/is that motive? God made all of THIS (look outside your window here, or down at your body, or shut up and listen. In fact, use any one of your senses) as a stage on which to demonstrate the true glory and worth of His Name. A stage on which His Son, the eternal Word of God, would be humiliated, murdered and exalted for the salvation of souls and the redemption of creation. To the praise of his glory (Eph. 1:11-12).
Now can you hear? Now can you see? Listen to the shouts of joy, and join in.
