I'm thinking today of Psalms 19, 1 -2. The heavens
are telling of the glory of God, and their expanse
is declaring the work of His hands. Day to day
pours forth speech, and night to night reveals
knowledge. We get text, email, mail, voicemail,
and more. We get messages, and we know we can
delve into them and see what the person who wrote
them meant for us to see. We interpret them based
on our mental state at the time that we receive
them. A woman receives a gift and she thinks
it means a lot and the person who gave it has
some deep intentions, but maybe she misreads
his intentions or her intentions and it isn't
everything that they think it is. The best chance
of getting the message intended is to know the
sender, to know their likely intent, to know
the material. That's why we can say it's the
thought that counts and know the thoughts and
what it counts for. God, His glory, the work
of His hands, the speech, the knowledge revealed,
we ought to become students of creation and desiring
the accompanying revelation as we know the mind
of God through His Son, Jesus Christ. We can
listen, look deeply. We would never need to say
very much, actually, as our testimony is unceasing,
but putting it into words could help others discover
it. If we don't speak up and speak up in conjunction
with what creation is saying about God, others
may determine that we are actually irrelevant.
Let us find our place and play our part. Submitted
to the master craftsman, we testify, and our
testimony is accurate because we know him, know
of him, and indeed we know that he is trying
to say better, what he is trying to say better
than anyone who does not know him. God bless
you today. Think ahead. Christmas Eve, just around
the corner. Would you like to come to the Christmas
Eve service at New Heights Fellowship Baptist
Church of East Toledo? It's less than an hour,
and it'll be a blessing.