The sun that shines onto your kitchen counter each morning and the dust that settles on the headboard trace back to the same source. The graceful doe scampering through a cornfield, the melody of your favorite tune, and the force that keeps you upright as you walk this earth all have one thing in common. You and I as well are bound together because of this same unifying quality.
“All these things my hand has made, and so all these things came to be, declares the LORD.” – Isaiah 66:2
Each and every cell, creature, and ecosystem exist because in the beginning the eternal God spoke the heavens and earth into being (Genesis 1:1). “For by Him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through Him and for Him” (Colossians 1:16).
Every life form and process have been instituted and are sustained by God. He is the one who prescribes limits for the sea and commands the dawn to know its place (Job 38:10, 12). He alone enters the springs of the sea, storehouses of snow and hail, and dwelling of light (16, 19, 22). The one who numbers clouds and channels torrents of rain personally attends to the bear and her cubs, young lions, and ravens, that they may find food (25, 37, 39-41).
And He who cares for the sparrow and the field lily also provides for mankind (Matthew 6:26, 30). It is as David muses in the Psalms.
“When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?” – 8:3-4
In yet another act of grace, the Maker reveals Himself through His works, so that we may know Him. “For His invisible attributes, namely, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made” (Romans 1:20).
We conclude what Jeremiah did: “Ah, Lord GOD! It is you who have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for you” (32:17).
God’s Provision: He continues. “You show steadfast love to thousands … O great and mighty God, whose name is the LORD of hosts, great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are open to all the ways of the children of man.” As a mere human being, I cannot even comprehend the magnitude of all God has made and done. Yet still, He cares about what I eat for breakfast and how I feel about life.
Word of the Week: Vast. The word itself implies greatness and immensity yet fails to capture the enormity and expanse of the Sovereign Creator of all things. Indeed, “O LORD my God, you are very great!” (Psalm 104:1).
Abby
