Seeing the Invisible The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge. There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard. Psalm 19:1-3 Are you sitting down? If so, you may be under the impression that you are also sitting still, but the fact is that you are in rapid motion. Im referring to the earths rotation; in the course of a day, our planet rotates at the brisk rate of 1000 miles per hour at the equator. Then theres the earths orbital rate of rotation; we have to travel roughly 107 826 Km/h to make it all the way around the sun in a year. Are you feeling any motion sickness yet? I could hardly be more stationary than I am right now as I sit here before my computer. But in spite of the fact that I dont feel like Im moving, I know that I am. I see the effects every day in the suns rising and setting. Ive never seen electricity but I know it exists because of its numerous effects seen every day in lighting, heating, cooling, running all sorts of equipment—and in ten thousand other uses. I dont know any educated person who doesnt believe in the rotation of the earth or in electricity even though we cant see either of these—or a thousand other things that affect our daily life that we cant see with the naked eye. But many say they dont believe in God because they havent seen him or they cannot feel his presence. However, if we want to believe in God, we will see evidence of his existence everywhere we look. As Gods Word says, The heavens declare the glory of God. Someone once said, There are none so blind as those who refuse to see. Basically, we all pretty much see what we want to see, hear what we want to hear, remember what we want to remember, and believe in what we want to believe in. To believe or not to believe in God is perhaps more often than not a moral choice. If we choose to believe in God, we know we are morally responsible. If we choose not to believe in God, we delude ourselves into thinking we can live as we please without any consequences. However, our disbelief in God doesnt alter His reality any more than refusing to believe in electricity and grabbing hold of a high-voltage electric wire. The end result of both of these is death—one immediate physical death, the other spiritual death which, at the end of this life, is eternal separation from God, the author of all love and life. We are all given a choice about God either to believe or not to believe. And as Joshua said to the ancient Israelites long ago, Choose you this day whom you will serve. Joshua 24:15 ✞ Knee Mail: Dear God, please open the eyes of my understanding so that I will see the reality of Your existence and genuinely choose to believe in and serve You.
Posted on: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 03:25:43 +0000
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