Nature and Noise (with videos)
Good day sister saints!
How are you?
Let's all give God glory for His awesome sunsets! I do believe it was a few months ago we were in this same spot and I was taking a sunset picture just like this but no two are ever the same. What a blessing to partake of His magnificence through all He created.
We may live in parking lots but we overlook the man made things to see the Father's creation:-)
I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the Lord : the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together. I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed. This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. O fear the Lord, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing. Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord. (Psalm 34:1-11)
It made me think of all the noise we hear in our life on the road.
Man made noises everywhere.
Which can, to a point, be very disruptive especially when we're trying to sleep:-)
And we can have all sorts of disruptive 'noise' in our personal life such as unbiblical relationships, unruly flesh, lust for what we can't have, un-thankfulness, not being content etc that needs to be rooted out so that we can have that peace. Of course we cannot leave the world so we'll have to deal with it until we can but in the meantime the Father has given us what we need.
But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. (1 Corinthians 2:9-13)
The awesome gift of the His Holy Spirit!!!
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you. All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you. (John 16:13-15)
Those are all earthly issues we just go through in this life but we can search out that which is of the Father. One such place of peace, even in the middle of a busy, loud world, is through our Father's creation in nature. And for the sake of too much noise from me, I let His creation and Word speak.
Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. Delight thyself also in the Lord ; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way unto the Lord ; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday. Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. (Psalm 37:3-7)
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls. (1 Peter 1:3-9)
That awesome bird went from tree to tree singing his beautiful song all the while the cars were going through the parking lot, people walking by.....
I say it all the time and I'll keep saying it...doesn't even nature teach us? (and see 1 Corinthians 11)
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this? In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. (Job 12:7-10)
Looking at the creation and seeing the greatness of it shows us the Creator! So when we are in a busy world with lots of 'noise' whether it's audible man made noise or noise within us, let us continue to look to the Creator over all and if nature helps direct us out of our flesh and into the Spirit, let us rejoice! And then we can give Him even more glory from it!
Praise the Lord, He is all. I just shared this verse with a sister and want to share with you all also...
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. (Revelation 1:8)