Discerning God in His Creation

Discerning God in His Creation

By Rev. Lonnie C. Crowe

Genesis 1:3: “And the Spirit of God hovered, brooded over the face of the waters.  And God said, ‘Light be.’ And light was.”

Isn’t it interesting that first came sound, the voice of God, and then came light.

Scientists believe that the universe is in constant vibration, that sound always results from vibration and those sound waves hold the universe together. 

The following is taken from NASA's Exoplanet Exploration:

“We can’t hear it with our ears, but the stars in the sky are performing a concert, one that never stops. The biggest stars make the lowest, deepest sounds, like tubas and double basses. Small stars have high-pitched voices, like celestial flutes. These virtuosos don’t just play one "note" at a time, either — our own Sun has thousands of different sound waves bouncing around inside it at any given moment.”

Job 38:4-7:  God is speaking to Job, “Where you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding. Who determined its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it? To what were its foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone, when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?”

The stars sang during creation and those songs remain today. 

In the midst of the song, came the light. That Light is the Logos, the Word of God.

John 1:1-3: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God.  All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 

Where and how did life begin?

John 1:4-5: “In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.”

In his first epistle, John wrote to the church.  1 John 1:5. “This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all.”

Genesis 1:4: “And God saw the light, that it was good, and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day and the darkness He called Night. And there was evening and morning and there was morning, day one.

Darkness does not have the power of light.  Darkness is not the opposite of light.  Darkness is the absence of light. Evil does not have the power of good. Evil is not the opposite of good. Evil is the absence of good.

Our salvation and our growth as Christians are dependent on our accepting that God is light and God is good.  Therefore, His way is the holy highway to an abundant life both here on earth and in eternity.  Therefore again, in Him, we can walk out of darkness and into the light of His glory.

Our God is an awesome God.