GOD’S FINGERPRINTS AND FOOTPRINTS
“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands.” Psalm 19:1
How do we know that God exists? This is a big question that not even philosophers and scientists can explain. It’s all theory… until one steps through the door of faith into a wonderland of revelation. “…Anyone who comes to God must believe that He exists…and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.” (Hebrews 11:6, NIV).
The psalmist, David, recognised God’s fingerprints in the sky. Without a telescope, he gazed at the stars and marvelled at God’s handiwork. They tell the wordless story of a mighty, wise and beautiful Creator. He saw the skill of his Creator in the miracle of his own body and exclaimed, “I am fearfully and wonderfully made.” (Psalm 139:14, NIV).
The Apostle Paul, in his letter to the Roman church, chided unbelievers for not recognising God’s eternal power and divine nature from the things He has made. (Romans 1:20). In Ephesians 2:10, he called believers “God’s poems”, masterpieces created to reflect His beauty by their “good works”.
When we open the eyes of our hearts, we see the signs of God’s presence everywhere, in the beauty of nature, in the marvellous bodies we live in and, most of all, in the miracle of people transformed by the power of His love.
If God’s fingerprints are all over creation, then His footprints are all over history. History is His story, God with us, God writing His big story, blending our small stories into one big story of His love and power at work, redeeming and restoring everything that was broken when we messed up His plan.
The beauty of God’s story is the He invites us to be a part of it. We are the pens He uses to write the story of His great love for a lost and broken world. We are the hands and feet that show, and voices that tell the story of a Father who passionately longs for His lost sons and daughters to come home.
Until we read history through God’s eyes, it seems like a never-ending story of man’s cruelty to man. But, amid the chaos man has created, God sent His Son from His side to show and tell us that He cares about us, that He can fix everything that is broken and that He is moving history towards a destined end. From God’s perspective, history is not a random series of events but a carefully executed plan to expose the usurper who has created the chaos and to install His king in his place.
“Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain…The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at them…saying, ’I have installed my king on Zion, my holy hill.’” Psalm 2:1,4,6, NIV).
We can take heart and rejoice that God really exists and that He has written the story’s final chapter.