The Unifying State of Wonder We Experience in Creation

He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name,he gave the right to become children of God.

(The Gospel of John 1:10-12,The Bible )

Just as with any creative art, the creation we see around us reflects attributes of it’s Creator. We contemplate it through our senses of sight, scent, and sound. Together they leave us with one unifying state of wonder. The message is there for the taking if we dare to reach out and grasp it. All that is lovely, magnificent, majestic, intriguing, complex, simple, and beyond compression. He is far more than all of these combined.

Foremost Genetic Expert Francis Collins Says DNA is “The Language in Which God Created Life”

Mankind Was Created by Jesus -The Word Made Flesh, and With His Words,

and the Result is That We Have Words at Our Core.

Jesus is God incarnate. 

Yes, He is the Word made flesh that dwelt among us as John’s Gospel tells us in chapter 1 ,”all things were created by Him”.

This ,”Word”, coincides with Genesis in the Bible where God “said, let us create man in our image”.

I’m saying that DNA is literally a detailed account of what God said when He created man.

We have evidence that God exists in ourselves.
In DNA we are witnessing through science the transcending of the natural realm into physical evidence for the miraculous.

Read this excerpt from a book written by the world’s foremost Geneticist Francis Collins –

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“As the leader of the international Human Genome Project, which had labored mightily over more than a decade to reveal this DNA sequence, I stood beside President Bill Clinton in the East Room of the White House…”

“Clinton’s speech began by comparing this human sequence map to the map that Meriwether Lewis had unfolded in front of President Thomas Jefferson in that very room nearly two hundred years earlier.”

“Clinton said, “Without a doubt, this is the most important, most wondrous map ever produced by humankind.”

But the part of his speech that most attracted public attention jumped from the scientific perspective to the spiritual. “Today,” he said, “we are learning the language in which God created life.

We are gaining ever more awe for the complexity, the beauty, and the wonder of God’s most divine and sacred gift.”

“I had worked closely with the president’s speechwriter in the frantic days just prior to this announcement, and had strongly endorsed the inclusion of this paragraph.”

“When it came time for me to add a few words of my own, I echoed this sentiment:

“It’s a happy day for the world.

It is humbling for me, and awe-inspiring, to realize that we have caught the first glimpse of our own instruction book, previously known only to God.”

“Why would a president and a scientist, charged with announcing a milestone in biology and medicine, feel compelled to invoke a connection with God? Aren’t the scientific and antithetical?….

for me the experience of sequencing the human genome, and uncovering this most remarkable of all texts, was both a stunning scientific achievement and an occasion of worship.”

~Francis S. Collins, The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief~

“How Great is Our God: with Louie Giglio (full video)” 40 min.

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By the word of the Lord the heavens were made,
And all the host of them by the breath of His mouth. Psalms 33:6

Louie Giglio blows our minds as we try to grasp the enormity of God’s creation.

Just a glance into the massive universe that God has made adjusts our view of God in contrast to our sin and struggles.

Pastor Giglio also tells of what is known of DNA and how it further proves , “we are fearfully and wonderfully made”.

Then Giglio tells how he was approached by a molecular biologist on one occasion after telling of the bigness of God. This man challenged Giglio to tell everyone about the protein, “Laminin”. This protein literally holds us together. Amazingly,under an electron microscope, a single Laminin protein resembles a cross.

Here is the definition of Laminin that I found in Wikipedia.

“The trimeric proteins intersect to form a cross-like structure that can bind to other cell membrane and extracellular matrix molecules.”

Even more amazingly beautiful is the alignment with the Bible as it describes how Christ,,” holds all things together.”

“He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.” (Colossians 1:15-20)

This is an amazing sermon about our amazing God who’s love is beyond the vastness of the entire universe, yet reaches to the smallest detail of who and what we are.

God’s signature and compassion is literally everywhere.

“But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.”

( Galatians 6:14 )

His Love is Reflected in His Creation

Any artist who creates art leaves something of themselves visibly reflected in their creation.

We too can see the unique qualities of our Creator God reflected in His work.

“Since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities- his eternal power and divine nature- have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.”Romans 1:19,20

His Gentle beauty.

His Quiet beauty.

His Assuring Beauty.

His Majestic Beauty.

His Still Beauty.

His Grand Beauty.

His Radiant Beauty.

His Guiding Beauty.

The very fact that all people share an appreciation for beauty proves that deep inside of us are qualities that reflect the fact that we were created in His image and therefore we need God and sense Him in creation.

God is love, and deep down inside we recognize Him in His creation as our hearts respond to these messages like a love letter from a soul mate, and we stand in awe as we try to drink it all in.

We alone of all creation are given to being creative and reflect this attribute of our Creator God.

And to deny the obvious and unique qualities of God reflected in all the natural world around us, which fills us with awe and wonder, is to compromise the very integrity of our own intellect.

“The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” Psalm 53:1

He exists.
He is love.
He wants to begin a loving relationship with you through Jesus Christ.

God’s Love is for All

All inclusive, and far beyond mere tolerance, God lovingly compels all to come to Him just as they are..

All who are weighed down.

“Come to Me all you who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest, take my yoke upon you and learn of me , For I am meek and lowly and you shall find rest for your souls, for My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.” Matthew 11:29-30

All who are on the wrong road in life.

“He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but that everyone to come to repentance.” 2Peter 3:9b

All the world He so loved.

“For God so loved the world that He sent His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him, should not perish, but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16)

All who answer His call.

“Yet to all who received Him, to those who believed on His name. gave He the right to become children of God-” John 1:12

All the world.

“Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation.” Mark 16:15″

All mankind.

“And all mankind will see God’s salvation.” Luke 3:6

All kinds of people, no matter what race, color, class, or gender.

“For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body- whether Jew or Greek, slave or free- and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.” 2 Corinthians 12:13
“For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile – the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on Him.”
Romans 10:12
“There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave or free, male or female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” Galatians 3:28

All who trust in Him.

“As the scripture says,”Anyone who trusts in Him will never be put to shame” Romans 10:11

All who call on Him.

“for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” Romans 10:13

All are sons of God who believe.

“You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.” Galatians 3:26,27

All made alive.

“For as with Adam all die, So in Christ all will be made alive.” 1 Corinthians 15:22

All nations.

“And the gospel must be preached to all nations.” Mark 13:10

All will be changed.

“Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will be changed-in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.” 1 Corinthians 15:51,52

All men.

“This is good and pleases God our savior, who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.” 1Timothy 2:3,4
“But I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself.” John 12:32

All are more than conquerers who know His love.

“No, in all these things we are more than conquerers through Him who loved us.” Romans 8:37

All who acknowledge Him as Son of God.

“If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him and he in God.”
1 John 4:15

He died for all.

“For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, therefor all died.” 2Corinthians 5:14
“He who did not spare His own Son, but gave Him up for us all- how will He not also graciously give us all things?” Romans 8:32

Creator God – Reflected in His Work

Monument Valley Arizona – “The Right and Left Mittens”- Random Chance ? or Devine Design?

When I think of the universal sense of right and wrong, and that there exists a moral law, I say within myself,

there must be a moral law giver who is a righteous and just creator!

When I look at the mountains with all their majesty , I say within myself,
there must be a majestic creator!

When I observe nature and I am filled with awe by the colors in fields of flowers , forests of green, and skies of blue, I say within myself,
there must exist a beautiful creator !

When I look into the vast night sky and see the stars and think of the universe and its infinite reach, I say within myself,
We must have an infinite creator !

Anytime I hear of a great scientific discovery that fills me with wonder at all that exists I say within myself,
We must have a wonderful creator !

When I see the power of nature’s forces and think of the forces that made all that is, I think to myself,
We must have a powerful creator !

When I observe the order and harmony of themes in scientific realty, I think within my self,
We must have a creator !

And then I know why it is written,
“The fool has said in his heart, there is no God.”