Want Evidence of the Existence of God? Just Open Your Eyes

Which is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoices like a strong man to run its race. Its rising is from one end of heaven, and its circuit to the other end; and there is nothing hidden from its heat. (Psalm 19:5-6)

Natural revelation, which is how God reveals Himself through His creation, is persistent. How so? One example is the sun. It’s heat is dependable and it’s rising and setting is equally dependable.

It is as certain as a “bridegroom coming out of his chamber.” The “chamber” is the place where a newly married couple consummated their marriage. After the rings and vows have been exchanged, a glass is broken, and the couple goes to a “chamber” to consummate their marriage. (Kids, ask your parents about consummation.) Ise your sanctified imagination that when a “bridegroom” comes “out of his chamber” he is likely a happy man. As the “bridegroom” would leave this location, his joy would be overwhelming.

It is also as certain as “a strong man to run its race.” In other words, just like a man running a race will persistently look to finish and even win, so the sun continues to rise and set and so natural revelation is just as persistent.

That courageous persistence is what David is saying that natural revelation also possesses; it is persistent. It never ceases to show itself.

And why? For God’s glory. The psalmist paints an unforgettable scene of the horizon exploding in vigorous, radiant surprise. Natural revelation is persistent; it is abundant; it is continuous; it is universal; and it is just the way God designed it: for Himself and establish His existence. God shows Himself everywhere and all the time. Just open your eyes and see Him.

One caution to all of this: Nature may point to God but nature is not God. Some look to the stars, for example, and worship them because of their wonder.

However, while we must be careful to ascribe deity to the stars or the universe, C.S. Lewis reminds us, “While it brings God and Nature into relation, it also separates them. What makes and what is made must be two, not one. Thus the doctrine of Creation is one sense empties Nature of divinity…But in another sense, the same doctrine which empties Nature of her divinity also makes her an index, a symbol, a manifestation of the Divine…Nature is not the bearer of messages.”

In other words, nature is not God and should not be treated as God. It is simply a manifestation of the glory of God.

“The heavens declare the glory of God; and the sky above proclaims his handiwork” (Ps 19:1).

Lewis, 80.