We Needn't Ponder

November 25

The sun comes up each morning in an amazing blaze of color across the eastern sky and sets in the west each evening with the same glorious display of vibrant beauty. The seeds that are planted in Spring burst forth to maturity in the sunshine and rain of Summer, producing an Autumn harvest of earth’s bounty.

Each day, each season has its wonders to behold as all nature attests to the exquisite imagination of the God who fashioned them. As David declares in Psalm 19:1, “The heavens declare the glory of God and the earth shows His handiwork.”

Whether we love Him or not, whether we acknowledge His existence, the evidence around us abounds that an infinite mind has set about to produce a habitation of wonder and He who has fashioned it is of profound majesty. He has given us eyes to see, ears to hear, tongues to taste, hands to handle the fine works of art and sustenance that He has fashioned for us and He has given us the freedom to esteem them as we will.

Yet, there is more. If we allow Him to do so, He shall lavish us with not only the wonders of the natural world but also with the treasure trove of spiritual riches that He has provided for those who choose to believe—and who will appropriate them. He has said that He will meet our every need, according to the riches of all He owns (see Philippians 4:19).

What an amazing God we serve! In Judges 13:18 He asks, “Why do you ask My name…since it is wonderful!” In Malachi 3:10, He challenges us to prove the wonder of who He is! He invites us to, “Bring the tithe into the storehouse, and see if I will open the windows of Heaven and pour you out a blessing that you cannot contain.”

When we obey Him, first by following Christ into salvation, then by employing the power of the gifts He has given to us, we will behold His glory! We needn’t ponder the majesty of God. We need only invite Jesus into our lives that we may see Him as He is.