As one stands out on a dark, cloudless night and observes the celestial beauties overhead, one has a hard time failing to recognize the majesty and beauty of it all. The Psalmist spent the years of his youth living out under the stars tending his sheep and observing the beauty of creation all about him. And from all that observation, he one day declared: “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky proclaims the work of His hands. Day after day they pour out speech; night after night they communicate knowledge“ (Ps 19:1-2 CSB).

It is very easy to go through life without ever acknowledging the awesomeness and beauty of nature. It is easy to step completely away from the reality of it all and in so doing fail to recognize the grander scale of things. Certainly, some have taken the celestial beings and created gods of it all in their own human way of thinking. But, it goes so far beyond that. David’s words are meant to bring us back to the reality and the truth of it all. He did not exclaim the heavens declare their own glory; rather, He said the heavens declare GOD’s glory.

In Romans 1:20, Paul wrote: “From the creation of the world His invisible attributes, that is, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what He has made.“ A look up at the heavenly bodies can reveal some fascinating things about Almighty GOD. Through it, His eternal power and divine nature are revealed. Isaac Newton observed the heavens and came away declaring: “Atheism is so senseless. When I look at the solar system, I see the earth at the right distance from the sun to receive the proper amounts of heat and light. This did not happen by chance.”

It happened by the will and workings of an awesome GOD. Not for His own benefit but for the benefit of humanity. So that in and through these glorious workings, His crowning creation, mankind, could come to experience His awesomeness and desire to be in His arms of love—in a deep, intense, extremely personal relationship with Him.

Understanding that He is an eternal GOD—He has always been and will always be—offers reassurance when one’s world seems to be falling apart or caving in. Psalm 90:2 says: “Before the mountains were born, before You gave birth to the earth and the world, from eternity to eternity, You are GOD.”  Understanding that He is an infinite GOD—nothing too difficult for Him, nothing too challenging for Him, nothing beyond His ability to overcome—grants assurance to all who follow Him, that He is capable of handling every issue of life that arises. Jeremiah wrote: “There is nothing too hard for You” (Je 32:17).

As we begin to take notice of all of GOD’s glorious workings around about us, the intricacy of nature and how perfectly sequential everything around about us, including our own bodies, is, we cannot help but carry out the words of the Psalmist to: “Declare His glory among the nations, His wonderful works among all peoples.“ (Ps 96:3). Our GOD is truly an awesome GOD, glorious above all things!