Years ago Charlotte and I had the privilege of taking a former high school classmate on his first trip through Glacier National Park. (It is rightfully called the Crown of the Continent.) I still remember how overcome he was as he photographed the scenery and exclaimed with great emotion, “How can anybody say there is no God”. This to me is a classic illustration of Psalm 19:
Psalm 19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
It has to be the Spirit of God who makes this connection between God’s majestic work of creation and Himself. God has ordained it so that His glory may be seen. Compare this to this portion of Scripture in Romans 1:
Romans 1:20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
What amazes me even more is that God has added another element to the revelation of His glory and that added element is His born again people. Paul indicates this in the book of First Corinthians:
1 Corinthians 10:31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
I find it so hard to accept or even imagine that someone could look at me as a child of God and declare with emotion, "How can anyone say there is no God”. Little wonder that Paul speaks of our lives as the children of God a high and holy calling:
Philippians 3:13-14 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
All the mountains have to do is stand there and they speak volumes about their Creator. Do our lives speak volumes about the One who has forgiven us and regenerated us by His grace?
