I've Got an Idea...

I'm sitting on my front porch right now in the middle of an unexpected downpour. I've heard that a measure of the adequacy of your porch is that you can sit on it in a storm and stay dry. Looks like mine could be a tad bit bigger but, here I was about to soak in the atmosphere as I worked when I had an idea. I live in an old neighborhood, the sort with houses older than my state's senators and trees leaping up at least seventy feet.The big magnolia across the street is probably responsible for my house being five degrees cooler in the summers there's so much shade and, in a storm like this, you see the wind in the trees with all of its violence and speed.

All of this commotion reminded me of Romans 1:19-20, that the invisible things of God (namely His eternal power and divine attributes) are clearly seen us in the things which have been made. I thought, "What can I learn about God through this storm? What does nature reveal about Him, here?" Read Ps. 19:1-6:

The heavens declare glory of God,
and the Sky above proclaims His handiwork.

Day to day pours out speech,
and night to night reveals knowledge.

There is no speech, nor are there words,
whose voice is not heard.

Their voice goes out through all the earth,
and their words to the end of the world.

In them He has set a tent for the sun,
which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber,
and, like a strong man, runs its course with joy.

Its rising is from the end of the heavens and its circuit to the end of them,
and there is nothing hidden from its heat. (Ps. 19:1-6, ESV)

How do you think David came up with those opening lines? I'm guessing he did something quite simple: he stopped and looked. For today's assignment, I'd like you to do the same. Pick something in nature which you observe today (whether it's the sun (as David did) or the heat in Phoenix or the breeze) and reflect on what that tells you about God. Journal that out. Stop, look, ponder, record - it's that simple. In doing so, you'll be following in the footsteps of the saints of old in soaking in the clues which God has left not so hidden in our world about who He is. Enjoy.