Ever since the creation of the world God’s eternal power and divine nature, invisible though they are, have been seen and understood through the things God has made.
- Romans 1:20
In the days of the French Revolution, when anti-Christian sentiment was strong in that country, a Christian saw a man destroying an object of devotion in a church. When he asked what he was doing, the man responded he was destroying anything that reminded people of God.
“You can try,” said the Christian. “But you cannot pull down the stars.”
Our world is full of the evidence of “God’s eternal power and divine nature,” as the apostle Paul said. From the stars in the sky to the air we breathe, creation testifies to the goodness and mercy of the Lord. As the poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning put it, “Earth's crammed with heaven / And every common bush afire with God.”
But as wondrous as the natural world is and as powerful a witness as it is to its Creator, it must not be the only evangelist. God has called believers to take the gospel to our families, our communities, and to the ends of the earth, sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ so that people can be saved. Nature can begin the conversation about faith, but we can’t make it do all the work.
So may you be part of the witness of creation this week—just as the stars testify to God’s greatness, may your life do the same. Let your life be the kind of reminder that no one can tear down.
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