Colossians 2:6 reminds believers to walk in Christ Jesus, meaning to engage with Him every day. This way of life involves seeing, listening, talking, planting, harvesting, and eating in Jesus through the Holy Spirit.
Each plant and animal illustrated scriptural leasons. What creation does as a metaphor we have the opportunity to live out in Jesus.
In the later part of September I was blessed to see Kokanee salmon gathering and moving upstream to spawn in Wyoming. They do not move independently as in a race where there is only one winner. It seems that they start pooling in the lake where they still feed. Then they press on into the stream and seek to pair-up with a partner. They continue to move, individually and in small groups, to the next level of the stream, with unity of purpose. The first ones to move through the next shallow area appear to be an encouragement to the next to press on. I like these scenes as a picture of the the Christian life.
In God’s light, ones eyes can see these signs in creation to appear like a great choir and orchestra performing Handel’s Messiah. “Hallelujah! for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth. The Kingdom of this world is become the Kingdom of our Lord, and of His Christ: and He shall reign for ever and ever. King of kings, Lord of lords.”
The continuous flowing of God’s works is life: goodness, righteousness, steadfast love, mercy, power, might, dominion, kindness, nearness and saving preservation (Psalm 145). From righteousness one experiences peace, quietness, and trust forever (Isaiah 32:17). Praise God’s name forever and ever.
All will flow to the mountain of the Lord like the butterflies (the meek) that fly to the highest point. God’s CreationSpeech is to encourage us that His Word is true.
The field is a favorite place. This is because the field and everything in it, in the light of God’s Word, is a source of
Why did God’s shake the wilderness in unprecedented ways in the summer of 2020? It may have been to remind us of His Sovereign power as we were about to enter the election season and all the associated uncertainties of the New Year.
The Lord refreshes the land with a progressive blooming of wildflowers. These acts are a picture of salvation, a work of the Lord that continues all our life until we are transformed by God’s grace into the full image of Christ.