God's Creation: From Cosmo to Cricket

When I was a Child I wanted to be an astronaut.  I loved studying about space, the galaxies, the moon, and the planets.  At night I would stare at the stars and try to focus on a single one trying to comprehend how large it really was even though it seemed so tiny. 

In high school I was fascinated by human biology.  I could not comprehend how my body was made up of trillions and trillions of cells which my human eye could not focus on, that made up a living organism.  It was beyond my imagination.  I was and am amazed by God's Creation.  

In the Sunday School class I teach we have been going systematically through a theology book written for the lay person which answers the basic questions of "What Do We Believe?", "Why Do We Believe This?" "What Does the Bible Say About This?" and "What Do Others Say About This?".  In the past few months we have discussed The Trinity and God's Revelation; this week we began studying on God's Creation.  

God's creation still amazes me; from the macro to the micro, from the cosmos to the cricket, God's creation is absolutely amazing.  God could have chosen to create in black and white, He could have chosen to create the whole earth flat and uniform, and He could have chosen to create everyone to look exactly alike, however He did not.  His creation reveals how far God's knowledge is above anything we could ever humanly comprehend, it reveals His beauty, and it reveals that He is gracious. God not only created in uncomprehendable detail, He not only created in indescribable beauty, but God also created a beautiful world in which He graciously allows us to enjoy.  We get to enjoy the beauty of the Alaskan Mountains, the beauty of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, and the vastness of the Grand Canyon while at the same time enjoying the quietness of a rustling stream and the song of the crickets at night; God's creation is amazing. Creation is an image of the beauty of God in which we get to enjoy every day.  

What's my point?  We can allow life to be incredibly stressful and worry-filled.  Jobs will come and go, finances will come and go, sicknesses will come and go; our greatest purpose is to Glorify God and to enjoy Him forever.  One way that we can enjoy Him is through taking the time to enjoy His beautiful and awe-filled Creation.