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“Every good and perfect gift is from above,
coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like
shifting shadows.”
–James 1:17
To
behold creation is to get a glimpse of God, his divine character, his invisible
attributes. In the gleaming sunlight we see a ray of God’s glory and splendor
shining forth without ceasing.
At
times clouds may block our view—sometimes for days or weeks. This is true in
the physical world when it is rainy and we have no sunshine for days. It is
also true in our inner life, when dark clouds of difficulty and discouragement
move in.
During
these times we must trust. Too easily we give up hope and resign ourselves to
life without heavenly light. Although we may not see its light or feel its
warmth while clouds of many kinds darken our view and dampen our day, we must
hold onto the unseen reality that heavenly brilliance never ceases, never
decreases, and never changes. Although we can see only clouds and darkness,
divine radiance still shines forth without end.
In
due time clouds will roll away and we are once again able to see the sunshine.
Though our vision of the sun was blocked for a season, we once again bask in
light. We again spy the resplendence of the Lord shining anew on our world, and
we bask in its beauty, its illumination, its warmth and its wholeness.
So
we learn about our incomprehensible Creator. “God is light and in him is no
darkness at all” (I John 1:5). He never leaves us or forsakes us. While we may
not see his love and presence during dark days and long nights in life, his
light will in due time break forth anew!
2016 © Glenn
E. Myers
This series is
Creation Proclaiming God’s Divine Nature, as Romans 1:20 declares, “For since
the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and
divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made.”
