Psalm 19: 1-4a:
"The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims His handiwork. Day to day it 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 ends of the earth."
This passage of Scripture came up today in my Bible study and it seemed appropriate to bring it to light. The essence of this passage is referred to by Paul in Rom. 1:19-20. At the heart of it, and of our understanding of nature in general, is that God has revealed Himself in nature and nature continually reveals the character of God, declaring His glory and proclaiming His handiwork.
How we respond to this speaks of our devotion as well as the depth of our theology. If, when we look at the majesty of creation, we are not drawn into awe and worship, then, we are not receiving the message that God has intended us to receive.
Instead, the appropriate response to the wonderful beauty of creation should be humility and reverence before a mighty God. In needs to be stated that the purpose of this has been neither doctrinal nor conviction. Rather, God desires us to look for Him where He has left His imprint and the whole of creation is one of those sure places. Let us then praise His name because of the revelation of creation!
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