Tonight I drove home into a painting...well, a God-designed painting of sunlight and mountains and oceans and clouds. It was one of those absolutely stunning days when God's creation was shining in its glory.
It's crazy to me that people think all the Earth's beauty popped up out of an explosion of gases. Today was one of those days when the creative force of our Creator was so obvious to me. Perhaps that's why this section of today's passage stood out:
By his power he made earth.
His wisdom gave shape to the world.
He crafted the cosmos.
He thunders and rain pours down.
He sends the clouds soaring.
He embellishes the storm with lightnings,
launches the wind from his warehouse.
Stick-god worshipers look mighty foolish!
god-makers embarrassed by their handmade gods!
Their gods are frauds, dead sticks—
deadwood gods, tasteless jokes.
They're nothing but stale smoke.
When the smoke clears, they're gone.
But the Portion-of-Jacob is the real thing;
he put the whole universe together...
I love that God is called "the real thing" (long before Coca-Cola!). He's not a created being, shaped by the hands or minds of man. He's the Creator--our master designer.
I also think it's interesting that this excerpt was included in today's passage--a section of the book of Jeremiah that describes the fulfillment of prophesy: the exile of God's people to Babylon. I love that through it all, God's creative design for humanity was at work. He was always there, always dreaming of the day His people would come home.
Tomorrow: Lamentations 1-3:36
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