Father, what a blessing Sundays are. Time spent with family revitalizes and refreshes the soul. Thank You for being our companion and guide.
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Earlier this evening on our way home from Columbus, I veered off the direct route home to check out some wildflowers growing along the roadside that I had seen the last few days from my bus. I didn’t immediately recognize them from that high vantage point of my bus, and even when I stopped this evening to take a picture, it didn’t register what they were.
When I sat to write, I searched and found that they were wild phlox. They’re beautiful, aren’t they? Like most wildflowers, to my knowledge, no one planted them. No one has tended them. No one spread their seed or caused their root systems to spread. But wait…I stand corrected! No human being has done those things, but someone did set all of those things into motion.
Our magnificent Creator God did it all! Did we see Him do it? No. Did He tell us His plans? No. It all began before the human race had even come into existence!
The Old Testament Book of Job is considered one of the first written and no author is named. It is the story of a man wholly devoted to God. Satan, referred to as the Accuser, comes to God saying that the only reason Job is faithful is that he is abundantly blessed. God knows better but allows Job to be tested. Job loses his children, his riches, and his health…but he never loses his faith!
His “friends” try to accuse Job of some wrongdoing, for why else would he be allowed to suffer so? But he denies it and gives testimony to his faithfulness. He does cry out to God in his loss and hurt.
After the accusations are complete and Job has done his best to rebut them and has called out to God, God gives His response. Here is a portion of it but I would encourage you to read the entire 38th chapter of Job. (<<click the link to do so)
“Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?
….Tell me, if you know so much.
Who determined its dimensions
….and stretched out the surveying line?
What supports its foundations,
….and who laid its cornerstone
as the morning stars sang together
….and all the angels shouted for joy? Job 38:4-7NLT
This passage is but one example of the mighty works of our God! Our finite minds cannot begin to fathom the greatness and glory of who He is and all that He has done.
A casual glance around us and it is obvious that all we see could not have happened by happenstance. As I searched for the name of these flowers, I saw picture after picture of the many wildflowers in the state of Ohio alone! And the world is replete with them! Every size, shape, color, and fragrance. There was no chance involved in their coming to be but there was the hand and mind of a great Creator! Give praise to Him this and every day! Not just for the flowers of the field but for His far-reaching love for you and me! Amen and amen!
Apr 18th, 2021, 8:07 pm
