Archive for May 2023

Reading these verses was so delightful. While some commentators believe that the references to nature are poetic, I’m not altogether convinced.     Let’s flash to the back of the bible…to Revelation 5:13, where the four living creatures are joined by the 24 elders, who are then surrounded by angels, thousands upon thousand, ten thousand times ten…

From creation’s universal provision to the more intimate provision of the garden, God’s hand and heart as Jehovah Jireh, the God who provides, can be clearly seen. Throughout scripture, again and again, he provides with the abundance of a world filled with food that reproduces itself through the miracle of seeds, seasons in which to…

In Genesis God tells Adam to take dominion over and subdue the created world. There are many commentaries on this, some arguing it means that God gives man ‘carte blanche’ over nature, while others explain that the gift of dominion and subjugation is similar to that given to a king who will rule and reign…

Over and over, throughout nearly every book of the bible, God’s word underscores that creation is His and He has the power and authority to do with it what he pleases.  As we read the verses below, themes emerge.  He wants us to know that what may seem ‘natural’ isn’t. Just because it’s always been…

The Word of God is clear that God isn’t in the created, though He uses the created repeatedly to communicate.  In Revelation (4)  we read that God is worshiped by the four living creatures and by the 24 elders because He created all things and by His will they were created and (by His will)…

Over 55 times the Lord God speaks, literally and figuratively using His created world.  As I ponder these verses I am filled with awe and wonder at the power He possesses and the manner in which it is displayed in what He has created. Blazing and devouring fire, thunder, lightning,  consuming tempests, earthquakes and pillars…

WARNING! As we spend time in His created world, delighting in its beauty, design, provision, taste and many benefits, there springs up a fine line, almost invisible at times, that we must never, ever cross.  God alone is to be worshiped, glorified and thanked, for by Him all things were made and have their being. …

From the beginning in Genesis to the Book of Revelation when ‘all the elders cast their crowns before Him who sits on the throne and lives forever and they worship Him because he created all things and by His will they have their being’, we are constantly reminded that God made it all.   In the…