One of the greatest ways to learn about God is to spend some time looking at His creation. His power, His majesty, His beauty and His incredible creativity all come out in the world He made.But that's not all you'll learn. I'll never forget going up on a ski lift with a friend. On our left was a range of 13,000-foot peaks. To our right was a beautiful lake surrounded by a host of mountains on that frosty February morning.
I shook my head and said, "Isn't it amazing to see what God made?" And my friend replied, "Yeah, and God made this in a day. And 2,000 years ago Christ said He would be preparing a place for us. And He's been gone 2,000 years preparing that place for us. Heaven is going to be a magnificent place!"
As a child I used to think heaven would be boring. What would I do for all eternity-sit around and strum a harp? But my friend's statement helped me realize that, although I have no idea what heaven will be like, it will be much, much, much greater than I can even imagine.
Dr. Charles Ryrie once said, "God must be highly puzzled at us as humans to reach down out of heaven to redeem us, to take us to heaven and have us fight against dying so hard." Isn't that interesting? Because if you went to the doctor this afternoon and learned you had an incurable form of cancer, you wouldn't be smiling initially. You would be depressed, fearful, worried about your family and loved ones.
But we're all going to die eventually, and I think God has given us a beautiful world so that we can behold just a glimpse of what is in store for us. I love what one person said: "Nature is God's Braille for a blind humanity." Nature is God's way to help us see Him even though we don't have the eyes to really behold His glory.