Creation is a Signpost: Why You Can’t Say You Didn’t Know
Our all-powerful, all-knowing, ever-faithful, loving God has made it impossible for people not to know about Him. His creation is a living signpost that says God is here and He cares.
Step outside almost any morning and creation is already preaching. A bird calls. Leaves move. The seasons turn on schedule, not because they must, but because the One who set them in motion has not stopped paying attention. Creation points us to God.
Luke 12:24 makes the logic plain. If God feeds the ravens, birds that neither plant nor harvest, what does that say about how He thinks of us? We were made for eternal fellowship with Him. The ravens were not.
The problem is that most of us are not looking. We move through days full of evidence and miss the sermon entirely. Creation does not require our understanding. It only asks for our attention. And when we give it, the message is the same every time: God is near, and nothing in His creation falls outside His care.
The word makes it clear that creation is a signpost telling us God is and that we should seek Him.
The heavens are telling of the glory of God;
And the expanse is declaring the work of His hands.
Day to day pours forth speech,
And night to night reveals knowledge.
Psalm 19:1-2
“But now ask the beasts, and let them instruct you;
And the birds of the sky, and let them tell you.
Or muse to the earth, and let it instruct you;
And let the fish of the sea recount it to you.
Who among all these does not know
That the hand of Yahweh has done this,
In whose hand is the life of every living thing,
And the breath of all the flesh of man? Job 12:7-10
We can’t escape the signposts that God has given us. From the tiniest particle yet to be discovered to the ever-expanding expanse of space, God is proclaimed. The smaller we look and the further we search, the less likely we are to believe God is who He claims to be. All of creation is a signpost.
To not see the LORD is to willfully choose ignorance and rebellion over truth and redemption. Romans 1:18-31 is very clear on that point.
Some Judgment Day, no one will be able to say to the LORD, “But I didn’t know!”
What will you do with that knowledge?
Hallelu Yah (Praise God)
Be blessed
Kevin
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SUMMARY
Creation is a constant, unmissable signpost pointing to God’s existence and His care for us, from the rhythm of seasons to the provision He gives the ravens. Scripture makes clear that no one will be able to claim ignorance on Judgment Day, because the evidence has been there all along for those willing to look.
KEY POINTS
General revelation through creation (Psalm 19:1-2, Job 12:7-10) makes God’s existence and care evident to everyone, without exception.
Luke 12:24’s ravens illustrate that if God provides for creatures with no eternal purpose, His care for humanity (made for fellowship with Him) is even greater.
Romans 1:18-31 establishes that willful blindness to this evidence is not innocence but rebellion, leaving no excuse on Judgment Day.
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From Gleanings From The Word (Kevin Corbin, 2001– ), a Scripture-based devotional work.