So how are we to come to know God? How has he mainfested himself through the eons so that man has no excuse? Can he only be found inside a temple or does his presense only grace the pages of his Word.
Where is he if....
the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? (2Ch 2:6)
How can we have no excuse? What are these invisible qualities that are clearly seen by what has been made so that we may know God?
(Rom 1:20)
Paul knew where to find God, he knew very well......
Act 17:28
For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring. The simple fact is we cannot escape God, we can no sooner turn our back from God than turn back time. God is with us always, because we are in him. We can close our hearts, but we cannot close ourselves from him.
So what are some of these "invisible" qualities that are clearly seen so that we may know God?
Power - Who has not felt a house shake in a storm
Strength - Gravity, just enough that I might live
Resolute - The Sun rises the Sun sets
Loving - Who cannot see the loving bond between a mother and her offspring
Compassionate - Rain to parched lands, the seasons so that we can grow a vareity of foods, the rebirth of trees every spring
Creative - Exotic fish, flowers and their fragrance, colors, sound, variety of galaxies types, super novas, mankind
Protective - Ozone layer that filters out harful UV rays
Majestic - Sunrises and Sunsets, The Grand Canyon, Rainbows
Forgiving - Creation will restore itself even because of mans attempt to rape it.
These are just a sampling that is almost insignifanct, but enough so that we might learn something about our God.
Who has stood at the base of a waterfall and not experienced the sheer power of God in the water as it comes thundering down the cliff; who like wise has not felt God in the fine mist that engulfs you and who like wise has not heard in the roar of the water and not seen him in the misty leaves of the nearby trees, glistening in the sunshine? Who has not seen God in the mountains, or marvelled at the damage of a rock slide or avalanche, knowing full world of the destruction that would ensue if God just let go! What would happen if God grew tired of holding the mountains in place, that the giant Rewood forests were know longer held in place, if every car on the road suddenly began to float, or perhaps become the size of a grain of sand, because God grew tired of his creation.
God is Spirit, spirit is energy. We can know this is true, because there is energy in life, but there is also energy in death, for we all return to dust molecules and though just one of these dust molecules contains no life, they do contain atoms that can be split...... There is energy in everything, and this has to be, because without the spirit of God holding everything in place, from the grains of sand on the beach to the untold billions of stars in billinos of galaxies. Creation would cease to exist, if not for God. Just think, the power of God is holding the monitor on the desktop as you read this.
I have not even touched on the biological side of cell reproduction. How can one not marvel at the creativeness and sheer ingenuity of our God when one witnesses a cell dividing itself in two.
God not only allows us to see, but he is responsible for the mountains, lakes, geese flying in formation, butterflies. What life would we have if not for all that is of God; all of God that is creation, that is often forgotten and overlooked.
But this my brothers and sisters is where God is, we as Paul said and it is worth repeating
Act 17:28
For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring. One truly cannot see, touch, smell, hear, feel or reeason anything the same knowing that in him is our very being.
That God cares so much for us that he created all for us is quite staggering, for above all else, God is Love and he Loves us.
Love in Christ,
Darren