Our Amazing Creator

 

Did you know that an eagle senses when a storm is approaching long before it breaks? The eagle will fly to some high spot and wait for the winds to come. When the storm hits, the eagle sets its wings so that the wind will literally pick it up and lift it above the storm. While the storm is ragging below, the eagle is soaring above it. The eagle does not escape the storm, it simply uses the storm to lift it higher. It rises on the winds that bring the storm. When the storms of life come upon us, and all of us will experience them, we can rise above them by setting our minds and belief toward God. The storms of life do not have to overcome us. We can allow God’s power to lift us above them.

The Australian Coat of Arms pictures two creatures, the emu (a flightless bird) and the kangaroo. The two animals were chosen because they share a characteristic that appealed to the Australian citizens. Both the emu and the kangaroo can move only forward, not backward. The emu’s three-toed foot causes it to fall if it attempts to move backwards, and the kangaroo is prevented from moving in reverse by its large tail.

There was a little boy who returned home from a Bible study very excited about the lesson on creation he was taught, so he told his parents about all he had learned concerning Adam and Eve. A few days later he came home from school apparently distressed about something. When his mother asked what was bothering him, he said, “Mom, my side hurts; I think I’m going to have a wife!” I’ve heard a lot of funny stories stemming from the Bible’s account of creation, and by fall that one is the best.

[Romans 1:18-25] Life is an amazing thing. The earth is an amazing place. The universe is an amazing space. God is an amazing Creator. From the billions of plants and animals to the billions of people and on up to the billions of stars that are always out there, God has shown us His handiwork. Today, more than ever before, God can be seen in all these things due to the increase of our technology. We can see the inner workings of plants and see the heavens up close with our amazing microscopes and telescopes. One would think that the amazing intricacies of life that we have discovered would convince more people of the existence of a Grand Designer of life. Sadly, this is not the case. Like the Bible says of generations of old, “Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools…”

The “big bang” theory still has to have something to go bang before it becomes viable – so where did the something come from? “In the beginning, God…” (Genesis 1:1). “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He (Jesus) was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made” (John 1:1-3). “And the Word became flesh (Jesus) and dwelt among us…” (John 1:14). There is one God, one man, one woman, one Book, and one answer. God’s creation cannot be altered. Doesn’t sound too confusing to me.

Life is not easy at times, and we don’t have to know everything to be successful and live righteously except Jesus and the love of God. God enables us to ride the winds of the storms that bring sickness, tragedy, failure, and disappointment into our lives. We can soar above the storm. Remember, it’s not the burdens of life that weigh us down, it’s how we handle them (Isaiah 40:31). “Come to me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28-30). Those who truly choose to follow Jesus should try to be like the emu and the kangaroo, moving only forward (Luke 9:62; Philippians 3:12-14). Do not be deceived or confused. When one strays away from God as our Creator we stray away from God as our Ruler and Savior, wandering about in a lost condition.