The Awe Factor

"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 people are without excuse." -Romans 1:20

It's 9:08 here in Matagalpa, Nicaragua and never have I felt more blessed to have to walk outside to enter my bedroom. It's probably 70 degrees outside and there isn't a cloud in the sky. All I see are thousands of stars that never fail to leave me in awe. But why? Why is it that I can look up into the sky at night, see a bunch of little specks of light, and always be filled with a great amount of amazement? Why do I feel like leaving this sight to go to bed would be like leaving before the final scene of a good movie? There is no better answer than that I was created to be in awe of my Creator.

As it is now "dry season" in Nicaragua, there are fewer clouds and more clear skies come nighttime. Nearly every night as I brush my teeth outside my bedroom, I get the privilege to look up at the stars. By no coincidence I came across this passage of the bible the other day in Psalm 19, "The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge. There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard. Their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world." How true is that? Regardless of what language you speak, what country you're from, or your cultural background the stars of the sky, the mountaintops, a sunset or a sunrise will always speak to everyone from all walks of life.

God cannot be contained, described or disproven. He goes beyond any compliment that I could give him and the reality of his presence in creation says more in his favor than all the witty atheists in the world could speak against him. I have no need to defend the existence of my God with words when I can step outside and be in awe in a heartbeat. I am left with no option but to humbly praise my Creator.

"When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?... Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!" -Psalm 8