What part of nature most grabs your attention?

And he said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will wear. Luke 12:22

An eight-year-old baseball player said, “My favorite verse in the Bible is the baseball verse: ‘In the BIG INNING God created the heaven and the earth.’” The quote may have been wrong, but the intention was right on the mark. It was indeed a big inning when God created the universe; as a matter of fact, God is still at bat in that same inning because the Bible says, “By Christ all things consist…i.e. are held together!”

What part of nature most grabs your attention? Is it the flowers of spring? Perhaps the quiet of a lake? Twinkling stars? Awesome sun? Singing birds? Gentle deer? Waterfalls like Niagara or mountains like the Rockies? Perhaps the ocean? Maybe the ever changing physics associated with the weather? How about a newborn babe? Your maturing and growing? A snow-covered field? Colorful rainbows? The 100 billion neurons in your brain that make you what you are?

This variety reminds us that God did not create a drab world in which everything is gray or black or white. Instead, God created a wondrous universe (the half has not been told about the glory of the universe either) which is so intricately woven that one can study from daylight to dark, birth to death and still be in a state of amazement.

Somehow God designed each of the items mentioned above…intricately designed them to the finest and tiniest detail. Can you imagine how many details could be listed about each item? Such a construction manual would be the longest one in the house! Who among us can fathom a Being with such wisdom and power? Yet this same Being is our God, Savior, Provider, even the Author and Finisher of our faith. And He who can handle all of the details listed above is also the God who wants to handle all of today’s details in your life.

Learn to trust Him with ALL the details!

Tom Swartzwelder

Sep 4, 2024 – On September 3, 2024, Tom Swartzwelder completed the race that God had set before him. He is now with Jesus, the author and finisher of his faith.’

Hebrews 12:1-2A

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles

He provides practical how-to-do-ministry resources for the disciples of Jesus Christ at http://www.godsgreenhouse.net. Tom’s latest book is “God Speaks–Today!”

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