Nature Speaks of God

Today's Devotion Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Nature Speaks of God

Today's Text Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Luke 12:27

In their original perfection all created things were an expression of the thought of God. To Adam and Eve in their Eden home nature was full of the knowledge of God, teeming with divine instruction. Wisdom spoke to the eye and was received into the heart; for they communed with God in His created works. As soon as the holy pair transgressed the law of the Most High, the brightness from the face of God departed from the face of nature. The earth is now marred and defiled by sin. Yet even in its blighted state much that is beautiful remains. God's object lessons are not obliterated; rightly understood, nature speaks of her Creator. Why did not our heavenly Father carpet the earth with brown or gray? He chose the color that was most restful, the most acceptable to the senses. How it cheers the heart and refreshes the weary spirit to look upon the earth, clad in its garments of living green! Without this covering the air would be filled with dust, and the earth would appear like a desert. Every spire of grass, every opening bud and blooming flower, is a token of God's love, and should teach us a lesson of faith and trust in Him. The beauties of nature have a tongue that speaks to us without ceasing. The open heart can be impressed with the love and glory of God, as seen in the works of His hand. The listening ear can hear and understand the communications of God through the things of nature. There is a lesson in the sunbeam, and in the various objects of nature that God has presented to our view. The green fields, the lofty trees, the buds and flowers, the passing cloud, the falling rain, the babbling brook, the sun, moon, and stars in the heavens—all invite our attention and meditation. You who are sighing for the artificial splendor which wealth alone can purchase, for costly paintings, furniture, and dress, listen to the voice of the divine Teacher. He points you to the flower of the field, the simple design of which cannot be equaled by human skill. He is a lover of the beautiful, and above all that is outwardly attractive He loves beauty of character; He would have us cultivate purity and simplicity, the quiet graces of the flowers. Note: In some areas phrases have been omitted by the compilers for whatever reason. I have restored them as underlined text, that the full intent of the author may be given.

My Thoughts: My friend, when God created Adam and Eve, He created them perfect and beautiful; they were the crowning jewel of creation on the earth. Our first parents were created in the image of God. Together they represented the Father and the Son, that the whole universe may understand their relationship. Before the creation of the earth, Satan had brought doubt into the minds of the heavenly host as to the origins of the Son of God. When the Son was brought forth from the Father, there were no created beings present, and Lucifer, desiring to be equal with God, tried to bring doubt into the minds of heaven that he may be exalted to the divine. But only the Son could enter into the counsels of the Father, for He was not a created being like the rest, for He came forth from the Father and as such was divine. As an illustration to the heavenly hosts, God created man in the image of God, saying "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:... So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them." (Genesis 1:26, 27). In creating man in His image, He created two beings, not three like the trinity teaches. Adam was formed out of the dust of the earth, and He breathed into him the breath of life. Eve was created differently from Adam. She was brought froth from the very bosom of Adam illustrating how the Son was taken from the very bosom of the Father. Speaking of the Son of God as the wisdom and power of God, the Scriptures declare of the origins of the Son of God saying "The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water. Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:" (Proverbs 8:22-25). The trinity teaches that the Son is co-eternal, meaning that the Son does not have a beginning, but the Scriptures declare otherwise. The Son of God is truly a son in that He has a beginning, but He was not created as the other beings were created. He came from the very substance of God, and as such He is the only begotten Son of God, the very fullness of God bodily. In the creation of Adam and Eve is given to us the illustration of the Father and the Son, two beings as opposed to the trinity that gives us three. Satan in his attempts to elevate himself to the level of God has imposed himself as a third being of the Godhead, but the Scriptures do not support such a claim. My friend, "The heavens declare the glory of God;", and in the creation of man, does God declare the Father and the Son. God bless,

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