I was reading Isaiah this morning, more specifically chapter 24 vs. 5: "The earth lies defiled under its inhabitants; for they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, broken the everlasting covenant." Do you ever think of what the earth would say to us if it could speak our language? What would the stars shout down to us as we look up admiring them? What do the mountains and the oceans or the colourful fall leaves want to tell us? I certainly have never thought about it before reading that verse. We always walk around saying "The heavens declare Your handiwork" or those stars show the glory of God and so on. This verse makes me think. Yes, they do show amazing glory to God. All of nature around us does the job it was made to do - bring God glory. With every sunrise, bird song, shooting star, and budding flower, glory is given to God. Nature can't do much, but we can. God made us in His image. God sent His Son to us. We are God's pride and joy. Yet we forget what we are here for. We forget that no matter what we are doing, we are to be bringing God glory. We are to show God in our every act just as the stars do as they climb to the sky above us every night. I think if nature could tell us one thing it would be "Smarten up and get your act together. All of you not glorifying God like you should be is making all of us look bad." Because of humanity's sins, there was a flood over the whole earth. Because of humanity's sins, there are earthquakes and wars destroying the land. Because of humanity's sins, there will be fire devouring the whole universe. Maybe we should all start being better at taking care of the earth, after all we are the ones who ruined its future. "The earth lies defiled under its inhabitants..."
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