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Monday, January 05, 2015

Monday musings

Never before had the words been read and pondered from such a unique vantage point. The readers were at an unprecedented distance, viewing what no man had ever seen previously. Circling the moon, with a breathtaking view of earth hanging against the eternal blackness of space, the Apollo 8 astronauts took turns reading from Genesis one: “In the beginning God created … “ Genesis 1.1)

An infinite, eternal God established time as we know it, and brought into existence all that is; including ourselves. Many scoff at the idea of such a simplistic answer as to how everything came into being, but the keenest scientist admit to intelligent design in the physical world. In other words, there is ample evidence to support the Genesis account of creation. “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)

For most of us, the issue isn’t whether our Father directly created all that is; the bigger issue is growing in awe and appreciation of the fact that He did so. And, re-reading the Genesis account of creation certainly enhances that. Our amazing Creator Father spoke the authoritative word, and all that is came to be; out of nothingness. “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.” (Hebrews 11.3) 

The facts are well established in the hearts and minds of believers, but the wonderment never ceases. A careful study of our physical world leaves us in amazement of its Creator. Avoiding the extreme of pantheism, and believing that nature IS God, we clearly see His fingerprints in all that is. And, the more we see and know, the more astonished we are. The phrase, “Intelligent design”, hardly seems adequate to describe what we observe.

A journey back to Genesis, and then a fact-finding tour of creation around us, are good exercises in growing to appreciate our magnificent and matchless Father. As a hymn writer so astutely observed and wrote, “This is my Father’s world, And to my listening ears All nature sings, and round me rings The music of the spheres. This is my Father’s world: I rest me in the thought Of rocks and trees, of skies and seas; His hand the wonders wrought.”

May we join the chorus of creation in singing our Father’s praise.

Steve

©Steve Taylor, 2015
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