The Heavens Are Telling of the Glory of God

… And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands." –Psalm 19:1, NASB

The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein, for He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers. –Psalm 24:1-2

And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. –Matthew 6:28-29

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by Him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities--all things were created through Him and for Him. –Colossians 1:15-16

Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, who formed you from the womb: "I am the LORD, who made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who spread out the earth by Myself," –Isaiah 44:24

It is He who made the earth by His power, who established the world by His wisdom, and by His understanding stretched out the heavens. –Jeremiah 10:12

O LORD, how manifold are your works! In wisdom have You made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures. –Psalm 104:24

"To sit long in one posture, pouring over a book, or driving a quill, is in itself a taxing of nature; but add to this a badly ventilated chamber, a body which has long been without muscular exercise, and a heart burdened with many cares, and we have all the elements for preparing a seething cauldron of despair, especially in the dim months of fog ... Nature outside his window is calling him to health and beckoning him to joy. He who forgets the humming of the bees among the heather, the cooing of the wood-pigeons in the forest, the song of the birds in the woods, the rippling of rills among the rushes, and the sighing of the wind among the pines, needs not wonder if his heart forgets to sing and his soul grows heavy."—Charles Spurgeon's thoughts on enjoying the beauty of nature for the glory of God. (To see how thinking this way can help a believer, listen or read John Piper's sermon on the life of David Brainerd.)

"In this life, we catch glimpses of hell and we catch glimpses of heaven… This world is the closest the unbeliever will have to heaven; and this world is the closest the follower of Jesus Christ will ever have to hell." –Randy Alcorn's sermon on Revelation 21 from Resolved 2008 (session 2).

I really have nothing more to say—the beauty of the earth screams out to me the presence of a divine, loving, and personal Creator, and what better way to let my heart sing out of pure joy than to fill my soul with Scripture about God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit's hand in creation?