God’s Work all Around Us

Springtime work can be stressful on the farm with many activities coming to fruition at the same time and it is easy for me to get mesmerized with tasks at hand. All the while I am fretting about prioritizing my schedule, God is busy regenerating new life all around me. Flowers appearing, wheat fields greening up, songbirds making nests, baby calves or sheep or even a baby camel frolicking around, fresh rain falling from majestic clouds. “The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands,” (Psalms 19:1b). I was going about work as usual, taking the work of God’s hands for granted… until this new project evolved. Now you just never know what lies ahead in the “first time” category on our farm; this time it was the experience of incubating chicken eggs. Watching this process of keeping the eggs at a precise temperature, humidity, turning daily, and waiting…wondering how everything necessary for the life of a baby chick could be compacted in that small egg. Finally watching the baby chicks peck their way out into the world, emerging flawlessly, made me at that moment realize how many miracles take place all around me every day.

God Provides for all His Works

I took the time to ponder and look around me, witnessing God’s provision to life in plants, animals, or birds. I was reaffirmed that He will provide for you and me as well. “Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?” (Matthew 6:26). Jesus teaches us to look upon creation and listen as it declares to us the nature of God. We can look at the crops in the field and know of God’s unwavering faithfulness for us. We can look at the birds and never wonder if we will get our next meal. Nature declares to us that God has and will provide for us all of our days. It also tells us not to worry because God is both powerful and near. Nature tells us that God is creative, practical, brilliant, loving, and full of mystery and wonder. Taking the time now to watch God’s miracles all around me I can hear His voice loud and clear as well.

Listen For His Voice

Whether you live in the city or country, look upon God’s creation and listen for his voice. Ask Him what He wants you to know as you see all the wonders of His hands. Let the beauty and mystery of all of God’s creation fill you with a deeper longing to know your heavenly Father. Listen to God today and allow your heart to be stirred as you discover his unwavering desire to speak to you through his creation; I know God spoke to me through that tiny little chick. Dear Lord, help me to use your beautiful creation that surrounds me to be a constant reminder of all that You provide for me, for this life and life everlasting. Amen