Creation Spills Forth His Glory

"The heavens declare the glory of God, the skies proclaim the work of His hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge. There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard. Their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the end of the world." -Psalm 19:1-4.

"Your word, O Lord, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens". -Psalm 119:89.

It's wonderful how God can use anything to speak to us, if we’re only willing to listen. Watching the movie ‘Calendar Girls’ tonight, a speech was given on sunflowers as follows:

“I don’t think there’s anything on this planet that trumpets life more than the sunflower. For me, that’s because of the reason behind its name. Not because it looks like the sun but because it follows the sun. During the course of the day, the head tracks the journey of the sun across the sky; a satellite dish for sunshine. Wherever light is, no matter how weak, these flowers will find it.”
Isn’t that an apt description of Jesus’ disciples? We should follow the Son, tracking His journey and following in His ways. Wherever Jesus is in a situation, how He chooses to say or teach something, we should be on the lookout for Him and listening for his voice. So rather than sunflowers, we are Son-followers – also known as Christians.

Each and every time I go out at night in particular, I am reminded of how big our God is, that all the stars in the sky, everything under and above them was created by Him... I find it impossible to not worship a God who is capable of such beauty and wonder.

"Praise the LORD from the earth,

you great sea creatures and all ocean depths,

lightning and hail, snow and clouds,

stormy winds that do His bidding

you mountains and all hills,

fruit trees and all cedars,

wild animals and all catle,

small creatures and flying birds,

kings of the earth and all nations,

you princes and rulers on earth,

young men and maidens,

old men and children.

Let them praise the name of the LORD,

for His name alone is exalted;

His splendour is above the earth and the heavens.

-Psalm 148:7-13