January 6
“The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork. Day unto day utters speech, and night unto night reveals knowledge. There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard. Their line has gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them He has set a tabernacle for the sun . . . Its rising is from one end of heaven, and its circuit to the other end; and there is nothing hidden from its heat,” Psalm 19:1-4, 6.
The whole universe reveals the almighty power of God through the creation. In the beginning, God said, “Let there be . . . and there was,” Genesis 1:1:3. In the Apostles’ Creed, we confess our faith in God, who created all things. We confess, “I believe in God the Father, almighty Maker of heaven and earth.” It is an expression of what Christians believe. The author of the Epistle to the Hebrews expresses it with these words: “By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible,” Hebrews 11:3.
God created – that is, He made things out of nothing. Only God can create. We cannot make something out of nothing. Man’s theories of evolution are good for nothing. The whole universe is not the handiwork of people. The heavens declare God’s glory, and the firmament shows His handiwork.
The whole universe is personified by the psalmist. Everywhere, throughout the entire universe, the work of creation is speaking and revealing knowledge. “Day unto day utters speech, and night unto night reveals knowledge.” No matter where you go throughout the whole universe, the voice of creation is speaking, and it is heard. And it is a voice that speaks without contradiction: “Their line has gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.” Throughout the universe, no one can escape the voice of creation as it speaks.
In His creation, “(God) has set a tabernacle for the sun . . . Its rising is from one end of heaven, and its circuit to the other end; and there is nothing hidden from its heat.” Moses wrote, “God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night,” Genesis 1:16. Where in the world can you go to escape the heat of the sun? The two great lights, the sun and the moon, determine the days, the seasons and the tides. God has told us, “While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, winter and summer, and day and night shall not cease,” Genesis 8:22.
If you are honest and knowledgeable, you will look at the creation of the universe and you will say with the psalmist, “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork.” In his Epistle to the Romans, the apostle Paul wrote, “Since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they (the Gentiles) are without excuse,” Romans 1:20. There is no excuse for denying God’s creation. God says, “Wake up! Open your eyes! Since the creation of the world, My invisible attributes are clearly seen!”
Likewise, the way of salvation is also clearly seen from the Gospel in Holy Scripture. “God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved,” John 3:16-17. God stands with outstretched arms and invites, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved,” Acts 16:31.
“What God’s almighty pow’r hath made,
His gracious mercy keepeth;
By morning dawn or evening shade,
His watchful eye ne’er sleepeth.
Within the kingdom of His might,
Lo, all is just and all is right;
To God all praise and glory!” Amen.