He Will Make All Things Right!نموونە

Creation around us demonstrates God’s faithfulness

Psalm 19:1-6, “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 reveal knowledge. They have no speech, they use no words; no sound is heard from them. Yet their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens God has pitched a tent for the sun. It is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, like a champion rejoicing to run his course. It rises at one end of the heavens and makes its circuit to the other; nothing is deprived of its warmth.”

The psalmist, David, said it another way in Psalm 8:3-4, “When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?

The more we learn about God’s creation around us, the more amazed we will be. The world’s science that is usually taught in our schools tries to eliminate God, and therefore makes up ‘natural’ explanations for everything. But their explanations don’t make sense, because everything around us that God made exhibits incredible complexity and design – and scientists cannot duplicate any of it.

The more we magnify what God has made, the more we discover how exquisite His design is. The so-called “simplest” one-celled organisms are intricately designed factories with amazing metabolisms. The infinite variety of leaves and trees and plants and animals, flying creatures and sea creatures; each with their own structures and metabolisms and lifestyles reveal a creative, loving and wonderful God, who keeps His creation active and will not let His creation be destroyed by man.

Our earth is perfectly designed for life to exist. The blend of oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon are perfect for maintaining life. The earth’s size related to the moon is just right to keep our life in balance; if the moon was smaller, we’d have problems, and if it was bigger, we’d have other problems. We are just the right distance from the other planets in our solar system and the most optimal distance from the sun. If we were closer to the sun (like the planet Venus) life would be absolutely impossible because of the extreme heat. If we were farther from the sun (like the planet Mars) the temperature would be too cold. The earth is at the perfect place in our solar system to be able to study the rest of the system and view other solar systems and galaxies. There are way too many so-called ‘coincidences’ like these to have ever happened by chance.

Life has never been duplicated by human beings, because life is from God alone. In John 14:6, Jesus said “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” He is the only life, and the source of life. People can try to mimic what He has created, but they can’t create life. Satan, the fallen angel who became the father of lies (John 8:44), can only try to fake reality. We can be confident that our God will not allow sin to destroy everything He has made, and He will restore the damage that has been done.

Isaiah 55:10-12 gives us a beautiful glimpse into our future, “As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.”

Reflection: How does enjoying the beauty of the creation around us help us to rest in the promises of our almighty God, and be able to leave our hopes for ultimate justice in His hands?