Paintings in the Sky
Posted by Colleene at 6/14/2008 6:55 AM and is filed under uncategorized 
"The heavens are telling of the glory of God; and their expanse is declaring the work of His hands. Day to day pours forth speech, and night to night reveals knowledge. There is no speech, nor are there words; their voice is not heard." (Psalm 19:1-3)
I've always loved this passage. Certainly, God shows His glory each day in His creation. But today, I was pondering on the words "are telling" and "is declaring". That's an active process that goes on minute by minute. Every minute, God displays His glory in a fresh way. God is creative and imaginative. He's constantly making new paintings in the sky, and no two are exactly the same. He's been doing it for thousands of years. Just think, the sky totally changes on a cloudy day every few minutes. The sky looks different in various parts of the world at any given second. In fact, if I call a friend in another county, the sky will look totally different just a few miles away. Amazing! God is painting a multitude of beautiful and original displays in the sky over multitudes of peoples in multitudes of nations, simultaneously, so that they may all have knowledge revealed to them of His God-ness and glory.
"For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse." (Romans 1:20)
So, just in case you missed God's display of His glory this minute, walk outdoors in 5 minutes from now and see a new display of His mighty, creative, perfect, imaginative power. Also, note that my discussion here is limited to what He displays in the sky. He certainly shows His glory in millions of other ways as well. Ever looked through a microscope at a leaf? a fly eye? a human cell? the list is endless! What an amazing God!
"Lift up your eyes on high and see who has created these stars, the One who leads forth their host by number, He calls them all by name; because of the greatness of His might and the strength of His power, not one of them is missing." (Isaiah 40:26)
I've always loved this passage. Certainly, God shows His glory each day in His creation. But today, I was pondering on the words "are telling" and "is declaring". That's an active process that goes on minute by minute. Every minute, God displays His glory in a fresh way. God is creative and imaginative. He's constantly making new paintings in the sky, and no two are exactly the same. He's been doing it for thousands of years. Just think, the sky totally changes on a cloudy day every few minutes. The sky looks different in various parts of the world at any given second. In fact, if I call a friend in another county, the sky will look totally different just a few miles away. Amazing! God is painting a multitude of beautiful and original displays in the sky over multitudes of peoples in multitudes of nations, simultaneously, so that they may all have knowledge revealed to them of His God-ness and glory.
"For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse." (Romans 1:20)
So, just in case you missed God's display of His glory this minute, walk outdoors in 5 minutes from now and see a new display of His mighty, creative, perfect, imaginative power. Also, note that my discussion here is limited to what He displays in the sky. He certainly shows His glory in millions of other ways as well. Ever looked through a microscope at a leaf? a fly eye? a human cell? the list is endless! What an amazing God!
"Lift up your eyes on high and see who has created these stars, the One who leads forth their host by number, He calls them all by name; because of the greatness of His might and the strength of His power, not one of them is missing." (Isaiah 40:26)
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