Posted on 11/05/2023 4:18:17 AM PST by metmom
"By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things which are visible."
God’s greatest truths are discovered by simple faith.
As a man or woman of faith, you have insights into life that unbelievers can't know. You know how the physical universe began, where it is heading, and how it will end. You know Who governs the universe and how you fit into the total scheme of things. You know why you exist and how to invest your life in matters of eternal consequence.
Unbelievers can't possibly appreciate those things because "a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God; for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised" (1 Cor. 2:14).
Some of the most basic issues of life remain a mystery to most people because they refuse God's counsel. For example, the most brilliant thinkers have never agreed on the origin of the universe. Theirs is a futile attempt to explain what is beyond the realm of scientific investigation.
But such things aren't beyond the realm of knowing—if a person is willing to be taught by God's Word. For the Bible clearly states that God spoke the physical universe into existence, creating visible matter from what was non-physical or invisible (Rom. 4:17). No humans observed that event. It cannot be measured or repeated. It must be taken by faith.
Any attempt to explain the origin of the universe or the nature of man apart from God's Word is foolhardy. The unregenerate mind, no matter how brilliant it might be, cannot fathom such things.
So never feel you have to apologize for trusting God's Word. Let the confidence of the psalmist be yours: "I have more insight than all my teachers, for Thy testimonies are my meditation. I understand more than the aged, because I have observed Thy precepts" (Ps. 119:99-100).
Suggestions for Prayer
Read Genesis 1-2 as a reminder of the power and wisdom of God in creating the universe. From those chapters select specific things to praise Him for.
For Further Study
Memorize Psalm 19:1. Can you think of ways that the natural creation brings glory to God? (See also Romans 1:18-20.)
From Drawing Near by John MacArthur Copyright © 1993. Used by permission of Crossway Books, a division of Good News Publishers, Wheaton, IL 60187, www.crossway.com.
Studying God’s Word ping
Your post made my heart sing this morning. I grabbed my Mountain Dulcimer to sing in heart-felt praise to the Lord………
“Oh Lord, my God
When I, in awesome wonder
Consider all the worlds Thy hands have made
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder
Thy power throughout the universe displayed
Then sings my soul, my Savior God to Thee
How great Thou art, how great Thou art.”
🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
Simply slowing down and going for a walk and actually paying attention to the natural world around you, feeling the sun on your skin and the wind in your hair, etc. All that, when you slow down enough to pay attention, shows God's glory.
YES! Everywhere I look around me in these mountains I live in, I see God’s hand in the wonder and beauty of it.
There is a reason that people naturally look up in the skies to ooo and ahh over the beauty we see there. Sunsets, sunrises, billowing cloud formations, stars, even awe in storm’s formation. Those who may live in the squalor of a city or the clutter of too much steel and concrete, look up to the sky to sooth their souls. Even those who don’t yet know God, instinctively look up. And my constant prayer is that their eyes will one day be opened to see the Glory of God there.
“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands…”
As a man or woman of faith, you have insights into life that unbelievers can’t know. You know how the physical universe began, where it is heading, and how it will end. You know Who governs the universe and how you fit into the total scheme of things. You know why you exist and how to invest your life in matters of eternal consequence.
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It seems the unbelievers’ lack of understanding that His is the foundation is the underlying root of today’s pathologies. People don’t understand Truth, this world, the universe, humanity, themselves. No wonder so many are suffering from anxieties, depression, confusion. It’s chaos leading to death, without God.
In the Beginning
GOD created
the Heavens and Earth.
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Nine words the lay the foundations for;
TIME,SPACE and MATTER.
I Hear that in My Heart !
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Glory to God
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