Seeing God’s creation, I’m in awe. As the galaxies spin in a heavenly dance, I’m so captivated. I’m delighted in the beauty of this world. All of it. It’s so overwhelming.

If you’re going to be overwhelmed today – be overwhelmed by the beauty of God’s creation. His fingerprints are everywhere if we only look for them.

I’m a beach and island girl. My favorite color is the turquoise of water over white sand. The crashing of the waves is my favorite sound. But then I go to the mountains and what could possibly be better than a sunrise from the top of a long climb. Streams and waterfalls, valleys of wildflowers. Cool crisp air that makes your coffee taste delightful.

This world is so immeasurably beautiful. And it’s that way for a reason. God designed all of this for a single purpose – do you know what that purpose is?

It’s bigger than just his creativity unleashed. It’s bigger than just to bring him joy – it’s to bring him YOU. It’s bigger than just his love of beauty – it’s his love of YOU.

Romans 1:20, “For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities – his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.”

The creation of all we can see points us to the creator we cannot. The visible calls us to worship the greater invisible.

And that is why God made the shining stars in the night sky and filled the oceans with the most vibrant of colors – simply so that we would know him. You’re surrounded by miraculous acts of creation which God thoughtfully formed with the sole purpose of showing you his eternal power and divine nature at work. Those turquoise waters are showing you God. That towering mountain is showing you God. That perfectly unique flower is showing you God. The warmth of the sun is showing you God.

God is all around you, revealing his power and nature so that you would know him. You know that he is big. You know that he is over everything. You know that he is forever.

Scientist believe this earth is somewhere between 3 and 5 billion years old. And here we are floating in an existence that is so perfectly placed to sustain life. Not just life, but beautiful life. It’s all so remarkably beautiful by design of it’s creator so we, the creation, would know him, the Creator.

Every time I hear a bird singing, I have to think they know their Creator. When the sun comes up and they begin to sing their song, it must be a song of gratitude for the one who made a new day. And here we are as God’s greatest masterpiece standing in the middle of it all – do we still see our God in this? Do we still recognize him in creation? Are we still in awe of his power and his nature? This is all meant to bring us to him.

Today, there’s so much competing with God’s creation that distracts us. We’re here, but we’re not really here. We’re surrounded but we’re not seeing. Our eyes are glued to screens and devices literally robbing us of the sights that would show us our God.

The enemy of our soul has no power to create, he can only imitate. He takes God’s creation, and he twists it into an imitation of lesser value to distract us. Satan can’t make the sun set with the most magnificent colors of pink and purple, but he can distract you enough to have you only watching that sunset through a screen, consumed with trying to document it instead of just enjoy it.

Daily, God puts on this magnificent show for us, and the enemy has tricked us into trying to create a show of our own out of it. And my friends, when you’re obsessed with trying to get the right angel and the right lighting, you’re simply missing the point of the whole thing. God was trying to show you HIM. His power was on display. His nature was being revealed. This was all an invitation to be in awe of him, not be in awe of your photo.

Let’s read our scripture again: “For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities – his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.”

There’s a documentary called “Beyond Utopia” that opened my eyes to a world I didn’t even know existed. That world is life in North Korea where they are never told about God. They are isolated from all outside information and force fed stories that keep them fully devoted to the supreme rule of their leader. Escaping is almost impossible because they don’t even have an awareness that there’s anything else out there to escape to.

In this documentary, a young woman has escaped and she’s telling her story. On the night she risked her life to leave, she says she looked up at the night sky and began praying to a God she had never been told about. She had never heard of a Creator. She had never heard of a higher being who cared for her. She had never heard of a power other than the evil power of their leaders. Yet, looking up at the sky, she began to pray to a God she didn’t know existed, but his creation said he did.

When is the last time you looked up, you looked down, you looked around, and you allowed yourself to be swept away in awe and wonder over creation. When is the last time you recognized creation all around you and came closer to God.

Does God love beautiful things? Absolutely! Is God creative and unlimited in every way? For sure! Did he delight in making this world totally majestic in it’s deep beauty and unfolding wonder? Oh I think so. But never forget the driving force behind these millions of years of creation are truly for one purpose – That purpose is for you and I to know Him.

Psalm 19: 1-4:

Creation is speaking, will you listen? It’s all around you, the message of your Creator. He is making himself known.

Where will you see him today? Where will you recognize his power and nature? And when you see him, will you worship him? You see, it’s not enough just to be aware of God, he wants your worship. His creation deserves your attention, your awe, your wonder, and it is your call to worship the Creator.

May you see beauty today and whisper, “God, I know that’s you. Thank you.” May your eyes be wide open and your worship be ready. God wants to show off for you today!

The galaxies are spinning a heavenly dance all around you. Be captivated by his beauty. Be totally overwhelmed by God as you stand in the middle of all this. It’s for you to come to know him.

Go stand in God’s creation today and listen to the song “Overwhelmed” by Big Daddy Weave. Sing these words:

I delight myself in you

God you are the most beautiful

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