"The heavens declare the glory of God. The skies proclaim the works of His hands. Day after day they pour forth speech. Night after night they reveal knowledge. They have now speech, they use no words; and yet, their voice goes out into all the earth. Their words go into the whole world!" (Psalm 19:1-2)
Through His Creation, my God is always speaking! He displays His glory 24-7 and always has done since the dawn of creation. He is faithful to show forth Himself. He is constant in His proclamation of His deeds. To the whole earth He is accessible... He is on display! He tells the world who He is with no words, but with a Voice!
If we would only look.
...and see. ...and understand.
I wonder even as I write, what is He saying about Himself through the rain today? What piece of His character, or what Truth is on display through the young calf I saw grazing in the field? ...the mud I trekked through? ...That smile on my daughter's face, the laughter in the kitchen, that chatter of birds, that rushing wind and sunlight breaking through the clouds... what do they say?
These created things speak. What do they say?
While God trained Jeremiah for ministry, He tells him to look and see... "What do you see, Jeremiah?"(Jeremiah 1) He invites him to simply look... and see.
Jeremiah answers with a straightforward answer to God's question, "I see the branch of an olive tree."
"You have seen rightly," God coaches Jeremiah, with encouragement. Good job, He says! You are doing well... okay, now... moving on...
Leading Jeremiah faithfully and gently forward He is teaching him to see and to discern. He asks him to look and see... then He helps him to understand what is being "said" through this vision.
This morning while on my walk, I was mediating on Psalm 19 and praising God for His constant, faithful voice through Creation. And, then as if prompted by the Holy Spirit, I had this quiet thought... a question, really: "Stephanie, what do you see?"
I looked around me and then, in prayer, I responded, "Lord, I see building after building after building. But they all look so quiet. So dark. So still."
In my mind flooded the thought, "Ah... but there is life within." Life within.
"Stephanie, I am always working, even when you don't see it."
"Stephanie, I am always working, even when you don't see it."
Day and night He pours forth speech! May the eyes of my heart be awakened and may I see... and know and understand. Teach me, Father how to see and how to discern.
