Knowing and Enjoying God: A 14-Day Reading Plan With Tim ChalliesSample

Thomas Brooks pictures God’s creation as a great sheet of the highest-quality paper that has been set apart for the most noble purpose. 

This royal paper, paper that’s fit for a king and written on by a king, describes the wisdom and power of the one who is over all kings. In Brooks’s metaphor, this paper does not contain words, but works—the creative works of a powerful God. On the paper are the innumerable stars, each one made by God, each one known by God, each one named by God (Psalm 147:4). On the paper is the earth itself with its countless plants and animals, its majestic mountains and deep valleys, its tall trees and bright flowers, each of which God declared good and very good (Genesis 1:10,31). On the same paper are the mighty oceans and still seas, the running rivers and great lakes, the many waters teeming with life. 

Together, the heavens, the earth, and the seas are like words on paper that tell of the surpassing wisdom and inexhaustible strength of a mighty God.