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God's Power and Faithfulness

Last week's vacation provided a long overdue opportunity to pause for a moment and consider what God has done over the past three years. I'm on the home stretch of classes, but the faithfulness of God extends well beyond academic progress.

He has provided for us financially. He has given us a beautiful daughter. He has seen us through some very difficult days both emotionally and physically. He has been faithful in every way, but the chief demonstration of His faithfulness came on a cross when Jesus bore my sin to ransom me (and everyone who turns from his/her sin and trusts in the crucified and resurrected Jesus Christ alone to save him/her).

As I sat on our balcony overlooking the ocean, I was reminded of God's creative power. The God who made the oceans and the heavens and the tides is the same God who keeps His covenant. He can be trusted. He cannot fail.

Psalm 136 reminds us of the character, position, power, judgment, and redemption of God and follows up each reminder of God's power and faithfulness with this statement, "For His lovingkindness is forever." Consider reading this Psalm right now, and see if it does not lead you to praise our covenant-keeping God and to thank Him for all He has done.

"Give thanks to the God of heaven
For His lovingkindness is everlasting."
Psalm 136:26

Earthquakes and Lakes

I stumbled across a news article this evening that brought to mind the courses I had in the natural and biological sciences through the years. Since I attended a public school, I was presented with the view that the earth has been here for billions of years.

One of the many reasons they argued for such an old earth was that the time that it took for various geologic phenomenon to occur must have taken many, many years. For example, I learned that it clearly took millions of years for hydrological forces to create the Grand Canyon.

Now, I'm no geophysicist, but I do find it interesting that one earthquake has had a dramatic impact in China. The recent earthquake has yielded several lakes, one that continues to rise and has threatened to overtake an entire city.

This is one earthquake. One day . . . . just minutes really.

Perhaps Genesis is right after all. Perhaps God brought the entire earth into existence out of nothing but His Word. Perhaps He is the Almighty, Eternal, Holy God who created man and made a way to redeem them when they fell.