“By him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.” (Colossians 1:16-17).
This passage is speaking about Christ, making the point that the Son of God was present and involved when the universe was willed into existence. “All things.” Every physical reality and every spiritual reality exists because God created it.
In a mighty song at the beginning of the book of Revelation, four “living creatures” bearing the looks of a lion, an ox, a man, and an eagle-covered with eyes, fitted with wings, moving about a throne before a sea of glass, focusing day and night on proclaiming the holiness of God-these four creatures representing the whole of creation, sing these words:
You are worthy, our Lord and God,
to receive glory and honor and power,
for you created all things,
and by your will they were created
and have their being. (Revelation 4:11)
The whole creation–not just us sometimes miserable human beings–waits and longs for God’s healing and redemptive acts. “The whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth” (Romans 8:22), looking for the day when God will free us from decay and disease and disruption and bring us back to the way we were when created.
In the meantime, we look up into the sky and are appropriately awed. So many worlds, such vast distances, such resplendent beauty. It is all there in the lights that burn and glitter, in the bloom of supernovas, in galaxies full of billions of stars whose radiating arms spin undetectably within a span of a human lifetime.
The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge.
There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard.
Their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.
(Psalm 19:1-4)
That is what stars say.
But the creation is not just up there. We are standing on it, and in it, and among it. You’ve never met a person who is not an intentional act of God’s creation. Look in the mirror-you too are an intentional act of God. You stand with hundreds of species of vertebrates and invertebrates, with mirror mountain lakes, and with the angels. All created. All the will of God.
[Excerpt from Putting the Pieces Back Together: How Real Life and Real Faith Connect]
Just like the wide-eyed amazement of a child making a first time discovery…I’m blessed to enjoy that same, jaw-dropping, experience every day, born out of a heart filled with love and gratefulness for our majestic God.
What can i possibly think, except we must be loved beyond anything i can put my mind around. As god says my ways arer not your ways as far as trhe heavens are above the earth my ways are above your ways . I just beleiveit is so praise GOD
What an awesome reminder of my Heavenly Father’s awesome power ! My God, my Creator !
I totally agree! God is an awesome creator, isn’t he? Praise Jesus that he came to us, died for us, and was resurrected for us. I love Him!
How can we have anger or fear towards anything that our Heavenly Father Created.This puts us in a great position to love all of his Creation knowing he loves all, and only hates the devil and his works.
I feel very small and humbled by His majesty, also very honoured and privileged to be a part of His family. When I try (unsuccessfully) to comprehend the overwhelming vastness of it all, the verse in God’s Word that says: “What is man that you are mindful of him”, it speaks of His unconditional love, His omniscience, His omnipotence and His omnipresence. I can only say Thank you Jesus.
I think I’m a gay male and it’s time to get right with God, before it’s too late please pray for me.
I agree with your right up on the creative will of GOD.I observed that some human being are carrying some level of deformity.What is responsible for that?
The marvelous work of our God is beyond our words. Look at the stars from the airplane window in a clear night when one travel high up in the air, versus looking at the stars from the ground will give you an entirely different awe. One can only sing the praise all the more to this wonderful God who is so great and still look at us and treasure us so much that He send His Son to die for us on the Cross. If we don’t sing praise to him, we are indeed very very ungrateful!
Our God is worth our whole life to know Him
The heavens do declare the Mazzaroth as God challenged Job in chapter 38 verse32 of the book that bears his name. This excellent display of the ENTIRE plan of salvation is seen by all who have eyes but alas the story is not being retold as God first told it.