“The Heavens Declare the Glory of God; and the Firmament Sheweth His Handywork.”
SIH’s Think On
These Things: Psa 19:1-4
Ps 19
1) To the chief
Musician, A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the
firmament sheweth his handywork.
2)
Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
3)
[There is] no speech nor language, [where] their voice is not heard.
4)
Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the
world…
Within the pages of the Bible
we find at least three great blessings that we receive from God’s wondrous
creation…
1. Seeing the Beauty and
Awe of Creation (Matt 6:28-30, 1 Chron 29:11 etc)
2. Teaching Us Practical
Lessons on Spiritual Living (Matt 6:28-30, Psa 89:5, Pro 6:6-11, 30:24-28 etc)
3. Teaching Us the True God’s
Existence and Attributes (Romans 1:18-27, Matt 5:44-45, Psa 97:1-6 etc)
Of course, teaching us about
the True God is the greatest of all these blessings….
“…
The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.”
The heaven that contains
the stars and planets (“heavens”), and the heaven that contains the atmosphere
clouds and rain (“firmament”) declare God’s greatness to all mankind. Much like a poem reveals much about its poet;
a building reveals much about its designer; a painting reveals much about its
artist; so too, nature, the work of God’s creative wisdom, power and grace,
reveals much about its Creator.
“Day
unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.”
As the sun rises each
day, revealing nature on earth, and then sets every night, revealing the glorious
heavenly bodies of space, God is revealed and glorified to all mankind.
“[There
is] no speech nor
language, [where] their voice is not
heard.”
No matter what language
a man may speak, the message of nature is understood as it reveals the True
Creator.
“Their
line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the
world.”
No matter where a man
may live, whether in the east or the west; whether on the mountaintop or in the
deepest cave; whether in a plane in the sky or in a diving bell under the seas;
he can see nature, the work of God’s hands.
All men everywhere are
shown the existence and greatness of a divine Creator through nature. This results in their accountability at the
final judgment and the necessity to tell others about this Creator. Rom 1:19-20 (KJV) Because
that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed [it] unto them. For
the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen,
being understood by the things that are made, [even] his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without
excuse:
Let us praise and thank
our wonderful Lord for giving to every man a beautiful, educational display of
His existence and greatness in the nature that is all around us. As we see the amazing creation around us, we
must never forget to tell others of the divine Creator… all men are all held
accountable, without excuse before Him.
May the
Lord bless us as we “Think On These Things”.
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