In the Genesis narrative Tuesday gets extra-love.....twice the story tells us: "And God saw that is was good" (Gen 1:10, 12). But this Tuesday it's cloudy, raining, thundering and lightning. Makes me want to crawl back into bed and sleep this one away. But, creation, even rain tells us so much about God, His wisdom and love- about ourselves:
"Job 5:8-10But as for me, I would seek God, And I would place my cause before God; Who does great and unsearchable things, Wonders without number. He gives rain on the earth, And sends water on the fields." Aparently rain is a "wonder" from God that we ought to be in awe of Him for. (http://www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/TasteAndSee/ByDate/1998/1117_The_Great_Work_of_God_Rain/... a great article on God giving rain)
Jesus used Creation to teach us about life. In Matthew 6 He tells us to consider Lillies to understand the provision of God in life. In another place Jesus tells us that we can discern the seas (or we do discern the seas) by the color of the sky at night, and yet we stumble over clear signs of Jesus. He speaks of birds of the air, and uses a stormy sea to teach of faith and power. He uses seeds to illustrate the hiddenness of His message and the great potential it has. Fish are used over and over again by Him to reveal something of his existence.
James, the Lord's half brother uses creation as illustration to teach us about our tongues.
In Psalm 19 the Psalmist paints a vivid picture of Creation revealing the Glory, the Righteousness, the splendor of God.
What has Creation taught you/us lately? What have we seen about How God has cared for His Earth?
What do these things tell us about God and the Life He wants us to live?
(posted- by SC)
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Well, first of all, I feel so blessed and I still continue to be amazed at the beauty of God's creation specifically around the Gulf Coast where we live. Two things come quickly to mind in recent days: (1) Having our baptisms in the Black Water River, I think, was about as authentic as you could get, as opposed to having a man-made baptismal pool. Just being there in the river gave off a powerful sense in which you knew that Christ was not only among His people, but also among His other creation.
(2) Although it was the same day and the same river, I really thought the boat ride around the river was breathtaking and yet so very relaxing. It is a shame that we (I) don't get out and enjoy God's awesome creation as much.
This is one issue the two presidential candidates actually vote similarly on. Obama is a very "green" voter, and McCain has the best environmental voting record of any republican in history, if my sources are correct. So that's encouraging.
I really feel like the "Jesus is comin' back anyways, so what does is matter" attitude is very ungodly. I'm excited about the number of Christians, particularly young Christians, who are excited about caring for one of the biggest gifts God gave us: this planet.
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