The Witness of Creation
by Dr. Paul Chappell
“The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,”
Psalm 19:1–4
In 1998, John Glenn, who had been the first American to orbit our planet, became the oldest man ever to go to space when he joined the Discovery space shuttle mission. The seventy-six-year-old was greatly touched by his experience. Later Glenn described his second voyage to space this way: “To look at the window…as I did that first day…to look out at this kind of creation and not believe in God is to me impossible.”
Though much of our world today tries its best to deny and discredit the Creator, the evidence of God’s handiwork is not hard to find. It takes a more willful decision to disbelieve than to believe what the Bible tells us about how the world came to be. In fact, our surroundings are a powerful voice that speaks to God’s existence and the fact that one day we will answer to Him. “For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse” (Romans 1:20).
While all lost men must hear the gospel in order to be saved, the very world around them is a reminder of their need of a Saviour. And the lengths to which people go to avoid dealing with this truth should not discourage us from our vital task of being witnesses, but should instead motivate us to increase our efforts to reach the lost before it is too late.
Psalm 19:1–4
In 1998, John Glenn, who had been the first American to orbit our planet, became the oldest man ever to go to space when he joined the Discovery space shuttle mission. The seventy-six-year-old was greatly touched by his experience. Later Glenn described his second voyage to space this way: “To look at the window…as I did that first day…to look out at this kind of creation and not believe in God is to me impossible.”
Though much of our world today tries its best to deny and discredit the Creator, the evidence of God’s handiwork is not hard to find. It takes a more willful decision to disbelieve than to believe what the Bible tells us about how the world came to be. In fact, our surroundings are a powerful voice that speaks to God’s existence and the fact that one day we will answer to Him. “For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse” (Romans 1:20).
While all lost men must hear the gospel in order to be saved, the very world around them is a reminder of their need of a Saviour. And the lengths to which people go to avoid dealing with this truth should not discourage us from our vital task of being witnesses, but should instead motivate us to increase our efforts to reach the lost before it is too late.
Today’s Growth Principle:
If the heavens and earth declare God’s glory, how can we who have received His salvation stay silent?
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