Romans 1:18-23 "But God shows his anger from heaven against all sinful, wicked people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness. They know the truth about God because he has made it obvious to them. For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities - his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God. Yes, they knew God, but they wouldn't worship him as God or even give him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like. As a result, their minds became dark and confused. Claiming to be wise, they instead became utter fools. And instead of worshiping the glorious, ever-living God, they worshiped idols made to look like mere people and birds and animals and reptiles."
Paul was writing this to the early church in Rome. As I read the chapter, it was strange how the sins back then were the same as today. Reread Romans 1... it may shock you.
Why do we allow our pride to convince us that we can understand God, anytime we try to define God with human absolutes, we limit Him. We try to understand heavenly and infinite matters with our finite logic... that is impossible. Look at the verse, "... they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like. As a result, their minds became dark and confused." Our pride tells us we are so much more advanced today than people were back then, but we still can not completely explain the pyramids or the temples in South America!
There is a serious heart condition at work here - for some reason people insist on worshiping the tangible creations instead of the Creator. A creation speaks about the creator; it confirms his talents and his existence but the creator is not totally defined by the thing he created.
Pray this week that God will reveal himself to you in a new way through his creations... take the time to really look at a flower, the detail, the intelligence in design... look at the sunset or the stars - God's beauty is all around us, we just have to take the time to truly see it.
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