You can tell something about a person's personality by what they create.
For example, the type of person who engineered a watch has an interest in time, and in precision, making things that always behave exactly the same way, faithfully.
I was out riding with my wife this past weekend. As we rode through the curvy country roads, I couldn't help but notice the color of the leaves changing with the season, and the sky with its different shape clouds. As I entered into a turn, it was as if time slowed down. The sunlight had an dazzling effect on the scenery, it was like an amazing painting that changed slightly with every passing second!
And I thought, what kind of God would create the world like this? Why would he make the sky in such a way that it has endless varieties of cloud shapes, or stars?
Or with the coming of a new season, why would he make it so that the leaves all around us would suddenly burst out in brilliant colors, long enough to enjoy, but not long enough to be so common that we ignore them?
Or take the way light and shadow work together so that the landscape changes as the sun passes over it?
David looked up to the heavens once and he could not help but write a song about what he saw and what it said to him,
"The heavens proclaim the glory of God.
The skies display his craftsmanship.
Day after day they continue to speak;
night after night they make him known.
They speak without a sound or word;
their voice is never heard.
Yet their message has gone throughout the earth,
and their words to all the world.
God has made a home in the heavens for the sun.
It bursts forth like a radiant bridegroom after his wedding.
It rejoices like a great athlete eager to run the race." Psalm 19:1-5 (NLT)
I think far too often we look to God as a provider. We call on him for guidance, healing , or to fix problems in our lives.
But how about just marveling at how beautiful he must be to create what he does? We look at paintings and are in awe at the talent of those who create them, how much more should we be in awe of the amazing God of the universe? What must he be like to want to make something as beautiful as a sunset, or as playful and charming as some of our household pets?
This is a God worth getting to know.
