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All Your works shall praise You, O Lord,
And Your saints shall bless You.
(Psalm 145:10)<\/p>\n
EVERY INSTANCE OF BEAUTY IN THE NATURAL WORLD IS A HINT THAT POINTS US TO THE GLORY OF GOD HIMSELF. Whatever God has made bears some resemblance to its Maker. Like the artist whose every brush stroke says something about the artist himself, God has left evidence of Himself in the things that He has made (Acts 14:17). The tokens of God\u2019s glory in this world are beckoning us to another world, one with a far greater glory.<\/p>\n
We, however, won\u2019t get the point of these hints of glory if we don\u2019t stop to think about them. If we\u2019re so busy with the details of our self-centered concerns that we never notice the works of God, it should be no surprise that we have difficulty maintaining our faith. With everything He has created, God is inviting us to meditate on Him, the Creator. When we don\u2019t \u201cstop to smell the roses,\u201d it\u2019s not only enjoyment that we miss, it\u2019s also worship!<\/p>\n
Perhaps we do notice the hints of God\u2019s glory around us, but we just don\u2019t experience them very deeply. If so, we\u2019d do ourselves a favor by learning to savor these things and relish them. When I was a boy, I could derive extraordinary pleasure from a Hershey chocolate bar. I wouldn\u2019t just eat it; I would contemplate it as I ate! With each small rectangle, I would taste it just as long as I could, actually thinking about how good it tasted. Wouldn\u2019t it be wise to enjoy God\u2019s works with this kind of lingering thoughtfulness? We should not only taste them but go so far as to relish<\/em> them.<\/p>\n If we long to know God, we\u2019ll be eager to enjoy each evidence of Him in the world, and these hints of glory will send us into the Scriptures to learn of His character. But think about this: all that we can learn of God now is only a small portion of what is waiting to be learned in eternity, when the faithful will surely say to God what the Queen of Sheba said to Solomon, \u201cIt was a true report which I heard in my own land about your words and your wisdom . . . and indeed the half was not told me. Your wisdom and prosperity exceed the fame of which I heard\u201d (1 Kings 10:6,7).<\/p>\n \u201cPlace all your delight in Him. Say, \u2018O my God, You are the universal source of all good things! The perfections of Your creation are but a faint shadow of Your glory’\u201d (Lawrence Scupoli).<\/p>\n Gary Henry \u2013 WordPoints.com + AreYouaChristian.com<\/p>\n