Set aside time this month to witness the glory of God and submit a one page paper on your reflections during that time.
Sitting at Remembrance Lake waiting for the sun to rise, several Bible verses come to mind.
The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. (Psalm 19:1)
For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. (Romans 1:20)
I have always been amazed that some could look at such beauty as a sunrise or sunset or a night sky littered with stars and still deny God’s existence. Likewise, I sit in amazement at how one in the presence of all creation could still reject the creator of all things.
That is not to mention what we now know about the universe in which we live. We are less than tiny specks of dust when we consider God’s creation as a whole. How humbling it is, in light of this, to know that God chose me.
Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.” (John 4:10)
On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.'” (John 7:37-38)
We could drink all the water in this lake and still thirst and die, but just one sip of the living water of Christ, and we live and thirst no more. That said, while only a sip can bring us to eternity with Christ, just a sip would be missing out on all that He has for us in this life. I want so much more than just a sip of living water.
Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? (Matthew 6:26)
This past month has been so crazy at work. I am bending over backward, trying to keep my head above water while others on my team seem to care very little about the mountain of work currently burring us. This morning reminds me of the futility of it all. Work is important, and I know I should work as unto the Lord (Colossians 3:23-24), but I don’t think the Lord would want me stressing myself out and neglecting my family the way I have been the past few weeks. I need to remember that He is the one who holds it all together, and, just like the birds, I need to trust Him to take care of us. The same promises that I find in this passage are the ones that led me to Christ in the first place. I need not lose sight of that.
Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law[b] of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. (Psalm 1:1-3)
Trees surround me. Some are more massive than others, but all tower above me; this reminds me of the importance of remaining well-rooted and well-nourished by God’s word.
Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: “‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; this was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes’? (Matthew 21:42)
This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone. And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men[c] by which we must be saved.” (Acts 4:11-12)
Not far from where I sit, just in the water, lays a stone, probably a couple of feet in diameter, and broken in two. Something about it brings to mind the word rejected. As if someone just tossed it aside and left it there, and I am reminded of Christ. He, too, was rejected, but unlike this stone, He didn’t stay that way. More like the sun, cresting over the trees and rising high above the lake, He too rose three days later. And just like the sun brings life with its light and warmth, Jesus is the light of the world and brings life to all who look to Him.