April 29, 2020
FROM YOUR PASTOR’S DESK:
NATURE STILL SPEAKS FOR GOD TO MAN
God, who at various times and different ways is still speaking to us, thank God. He speaks “in a still small voice.” When we pretend to be deaf, He speaks to us and to the churches in “trumpet tones,” as in “the midnight cry” and the “loud cry” of the third angel’s message.
He has been speaking to us through nature but we have not been looking and listening, distracted by so many things, especially this covid-19 pandemic.
I was moved last night to refocus our attention to nature—God’s spokesman, as David did in Psalms 19: 1-6 and Jesus Himself did as recorded in Matthew 6: 24-34.
Now this from the inspired pen:
“From the solemn roll of the deep-toned thunder and the old ocean’s ceaseless roar, to the glad songs that make the forests vocal with melody, nature’s ten thousand voices speak His praise.
“In earth and sea and sky, with their marvelous tint and color, varying in gorgeous contrast or blended in harmony, we behold His glory.
“The everlasting hills tell us of His power. The trees that wave their green banners in the sunlight, and the flowers in their delicate beauty, point to their Creator.
“The living green that carpets the brown earth tell of God’s care for the humblest of His creatures.
“The caves of the sea and depths of the earth, reveal His treasures. He who placed the pearls in the ocean and the amethyst and chrysolite among the rocks, is a Lover of the beautiful.
“The sun rising in the heavens is a representative of Him who is the life and light of all that He has made. All the brightness and beauty that adorn the earth and light up the heavens, speak of God.” E.G.White, Ministry of Healing, pp. 411, 412.
Indeed! “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament shows His handiwork!” Don’t let the novel corona virus blind your eyes and rob you of enjoying this glory of God in nature, whatever is still left of it, six thousand years after the curse of sin!
There is enough remaining to give us an idea of what it was before sin entered into the world, and what it will be like when the earth is made new! Maranatha! NMF