The Voice of Nature

[Daily Devotional]

The Voice of Nature 

     And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very
good. Gen. 1:31.  

     God does not design that we shall take no pleasure in the things of
His creation. . . . He watches with a Father's joy the delight of His
children in the beautiful things around them. While on earth the
Redeemer of the world sought to make His lessons of instruction plain
and simple, that all might comprehend them; and can we be surprised that
He should choose the open air as His sanctuary, that He should desire to
be surrounded by the works of His creation? . . . The things which His
own hand had made He took as His lesson book. He saw in them more than
finite minds could comprehend.  

     The birds, caroling forth their songs without a care, the flowers
of the valley glowing in their beauty, the lily that reposed in its
purity on the bosom of the lake, the lofty trees, the cultivated land,
the waving grain, the barren soil, the tree that bore no fruit, the
everlasting hills, the bubbling stream, the setting sun tinting and
gilding the heavens--all these He employed to impress His hearers with
divine truth. He connected the work of God's finger in the heavens and
upon the earth with the Word of life. From these He drew His lessons of
spiritual instruction. He would pluck the lilies, the flowers of the
valley, and place them in the hands of the little children, as
instructors to proclaim the truth of His Word. . . .  

     The beauties of nature have a tongue that speaks to us without
ceasing. The open heart can be impressed with the love and glory of God
as seen in the works of His hand. The listening ear can hear and
understand the communications of God through the things of nature. There
is a lesson in the sunbeam and in the various objects of nature that God
has presented to our view. The green fields, the lofty trees, the buds
and flowers, the passing cloud, the falling rain, the babbling brook,
the sun, moon, and stars in the heavens--all invite our attention and
meditation, and bid us become acquainted with Him who made them all.  

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