The Maker’s Music

Neal Pollard

 

It is the orchestra of the Almighty, the sacred symphony.  Often, in the mornings, I sit in Kathy’s refinished rocking chairs drinking coffee and listening to the euphonic euphoria of the birds singing their morning songs.  Knowing there are not an abundance of trees in our neighborhood, I am amazed at the deafening levels of their constant chirping.  In describing the intricacies of God’s creation, the psalmist declares, “Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell; they lift up their voices among the branches” (Ps. 104:12).  I think of the words of that beautiful song, that “this is my Father’s world, the birds their carols raise, the morning light, the lily white, declare their Maker’s praise.”  It feels for all the world that those birds have gathered to perform solely for my enjoyment.

When it comes to counting cursings and blessings, how often do we forget those “little” things God gives us for our pleasure and happiness that we too often overlook or ignore.  That God made the birds is tribute to His and our aesthetic appreciation.  That He gave them color and physical beauty is more so.  But, that they also sing goes even further.  It is a reminder of the nature of the God we serve.

He does not do the bare minimum, whatever He might eke out or spare.  He is not sparing or stingy with His blessings.  The Bible describes His generous character.  He is the One who gives good and perfect gifts (Js. 1:17).  He pours “into your lap a good measure–pressed down, shaking together, and running over” (Lk. 6:38).  He is “able to do far more abundantly above all that we ask or think” (Eph. 3:20).   The remarkable thing is that for all the extras God has provided in nature and on earth, they absolutely pale in comparison to what He has done spiritually for us and what He has in store for us eternally.  His salvation plan was in His mind from eternity (Eph. 3:9-11).  The eternal home He is preparing for us has been in the making 2,000 years (Jn. 14:1-4; compare that to the fact that this whole world was created in six days!).  Please enjoy the elegance of His earthly engineering, but remember that His greater emphasis is on the eternal!  Wow!  What a God!