Some of your friends may sincerely believe that “God is nature and nature is God.” They see little need for the Bible or for salvation in Christ. In your reaction against worshipping nature, however, you may miss what the Lord wants you to learn through His creation.
Dr. George Washington Carver (1864 – 1943), a noted African-American scientist, was a strong believer in Jesus and a student of the Bible. He took an early morning walk almost every day. Historian Gary Kremer says of him: “Here was a man who could go out in the morning and find God in anything and everything he encountered. Whether it was a flower, a piece of grass, a bird, a tree, he found God in everything. And because he searched for God in everything, he found Him, and when he found Him, he listened to the word that God sent him for that day.”
Carver wasn’t worshipping creation but was acknowledging God’s creative hand in it. In the February 10 reading, Oswald Chambers writes: “If we are children of God, we have a tremendous treasure in nature. In every wind that blows, in every night and day of the year, in every sign of the sky, in every blossoming and in every withering of the earth, there is a real coming of God to us if we will simply
use our starved imagination to realize it.”
The examples of these dynamic followers of Christ point us towards God’s amazing creation. Psalm 148 calls on elements of nature, from the stars to the sea creatures, to praise God their creator. “Let them praise the name of the Lord, for He commanded and they were created…. Let them praise the name of the Lord, for His name alone is exalted; His splendor is above the earth and the heavens” (vv. 5, 13) Instead of rushing past the flowers, clouds, and creatures made by God, we would do well to slow down, look, and listen for their voice of praise.
It’s a song we can join to praise the Lord, the mighty God of all creation. – Dave McCasland.
REFLECTION
When was the last time I stopped to marvel at a sunset and let it teach me something about the Lord? "Let them praise the Name of the Lord, for He commanded and they were created."
Verses Today : Psalm 148:1-14
Dr. George Washington Carver (1864 – 1943), a noted African-American scientist, was a strong believer in Jesus and a student of the Bible. He took an early morning walk almost every day. Historian Gary Kremer says of him: “Here was a man who could go out in the morning and find God in anything and everything he encountered. Whether it was a flower, a piece of grass, a bird, a tree, he found God in everything. And because he searched for God in everything, he found Him, and when he found Him, he listened to the word that God sent him for that day.”
Carver wasn’t worshipping creation but was acknowledging God’s creative hand in it. In the February 10 reading, Oswald Chambers writes: “If we are children of God, we have a tremendous treasure in nature. In every wind that blows, in every night and day of the year, in every sign of the sky, in every blossoming and in every withering of the earth, there is a real coming of God to us if we will simply
use our starved imagination to realize it.”
The examples of these dynamic followers of Christ point us towards God’s amazing creation. Psalm 148 calls on elements of nature, from the stars to the sea creatures, to praise God their creator. “Let them praise the name of the Lord, for He commanded and they were created…. Let them praise the name of the Lord, for His name alone is exalted; His splendor is above the earth and the heavens” (vv. 5, 13) Instead of rushing past the flowers, clouds, and creatures made by God, we would do well to slow down, look, and listen for their voice of praise.
It’s a song we can join to praise the Lord, the mighty God of all creation. – Dave McCasland.
REFLECTION
When was the last time I stopped to marvel at a sunset and let it teach me something about the Lord? "Let them praise the Name of the Lord, for He commanded and they were created."
Verses Today : Psalm 148:1-14
