Has your breath ever, quite literally, been taken away by the created world in which we live? Have you ever gasped in amazement at the majesty of what surrounds us every day? Once, while sitting on an airplane, high above the clouds, I looked out the window and actually had to catch my breath because of what I saw. The indescribable beauty stunned me. And it happened simply because God spoke. The Bible tells us in Genesis 1:1-2, that “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.” From the verses that follow, we know that God spoke and this world came to be.
If you’re anything like me, you’re continually astounded by the creation and the conditions that make our earth just right for us to live here: we are neither too close nor too far away from the sun; we have plenty of liquid water to drink; the sun is just the perfect size to provide energy without destroying life; the moon is just the right size to control the tides; and our atmosphere is breathable, with just the right amount of oxygen. Also, if you’re anything like me, you can’t fathom how these conditions just happened to exist and make life possible. God said it; I can see it; I stand amazed.
Troy Burns