The Heaven's Declare
As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, my wife and I just completed a trip. We have talked for years about traveling, but up to now we have done very little. Actually, we have traveled more separately than together. I’ve been on mission trips to Ukraine, Nigeria, and several times to Haiti. She has made three trips to Europe with a singing group. We did go to Guatemala together last year.
But we have a goal of visiting every state in our country together, and our recent trip helped us move toward that goal. All total we drove through parts of 15 states as we drove 3200 miles. We saw historical sites and other places of interest. We stood at the top, and then rode a boat to the bottom of the majestic Niagara Falls. We saw the Atlantic Ocean, or inlets therefrom, in Maryland, Delaware, Massachusetts, and Maine. And we saw the beginnings of the turning of the leaves from Maine to upstate New York.
The psalmist said it for us. “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.” May I just be as blunt as I can be? How one can view the magnificence of the painted trees in New England, or the thunderous power of the Falls outside of Buffalo, and come to the conclusion that it is all merely a “cosmic accident” befuddles me. I don’t get it.
Even if you do not trust in the Christian God, it only makes sense to me that a “higher power” of some sort, one with great intelligence and resourcefulness, created this. The book of Genesis tells us that God, after each stage of creation, looked down on what He had made and declared, “Behold, it is good.”
And in that same story the Lord, after creating mankind, considered what He had made and said, “Behold, it is very good.” Then God gave to humans the right and the authority to watch over this world.
What a great and powerful God we worship and serve! He is worthy of our praise and honor. I pray that you will be faithful to give Him the glory He so richly deserves. Give Him your life. It truly belongs to Him.
