SATURDAY, JULY 21
Psalm 19:1-14
Psalm 56:11

“… I will not fear …”

FROM WORLD-BOOK TO WORD-BOOK (Spurgeon)

How can man know God? From “the great, wide, wonderful world” wherein he lives (Rom 1:20). By “natural theology,” man knows there is a God. By reading the World-book man knows that the universe, the cosmos, cannot come about but by God’s creation. This is called the “cosmological argument.” To say that the world has always been or is the result of evolution is no logical argument, but fantasy.

How do “the heavens declare the glory of God”? Spurgeon says, “The book of nature has three leaves: heaven, earth, and sea, of which heaven is the first and the most glorious, and by its aid we are able to see the beauties of the other two. Any book without its first page would be sadly imperfect, and especially the great Natural Bible, since its first pages, the sun, moon, and stars, supply light to the rest of the volume, and are thus the keys, without which the writing which follows would be dark and undiscerned. Man walking erect was evidently made to scan the skies, and he who begins to read creation by studying the stars begins the book at the right place. … Any part of creation has more instruction in it than human mind will ever exhaust, but the celestial realm is peculiarly rich in spiritual lore …”

In Psalm 19:1-6 David describes how nature speaks to our souls, in a state of pastoral seclusion. But while natural theology should teach us the existence of Almighty God as the Maker of heaven and earth, it is “revealed theology,” the Word-book, the Written Law of God that can lead us to a saving knowledge of Him as Redeemer. The Bible is within David’s discussion in Psalm 19:7-11.

Having seen God’s power in creation and learned from the Bible the way of salvation through Jesus Christ, can you say you have found God Himself? Is David’s prayer for grace in Psalm 19:12-14 also your prayer?

THOUGHT: (Review Psalm 19:14.)
PRAYER: Help me to see Thee in Thy creation and in Thy Word, O Lord.