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How Creation Can Bring Us Closer to the Creator

Have you ever looked closely at something simple—like a leaf—and been struck by how detailed and intentional it is? Why does it have that shape, color, or size? How does it grow in its specific environment? Creation proclaims its Creator through its design and beauty. Just like that leaf, we were made to reflect God and bring Him glory.

God cares deeply for His creation. If He provides for the sparrows:

“Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?”
Matthew 6:26 (NIV)

How much more does He care for those made in His image? And Romans 8:28 assures us:

“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”
Romans 8:28 (NIV)

God didn’t just create us. He cares for us. That truth has carried me through some of the hardest seasons, and I hope it encourages you too.

Reflection:

• What would change in your daily life if you truly believed God was working all things for your good and created you with such intentional care?

Prayer:

Heavenly Father, thank You for Your beautiful creation and for the intentional way You created me. As Psalm 139 says:

"For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful, I know that full well." (Psalm 139: 13-14 NIV)

Help me to believe that truth and live with confidence in Your purpose for my life. Amen.