Hide & Seek

Have you taken time recently to consider how incredibly awesome this world is we live in? Think about all the colors... all the fragrances... all the sounds. Think about how many species of animals... the variety of plants... the different seasons... the different landscapes. And to think, God could have made everything black and white. He could have made us without noses. He could have made the world flat, without mountains, without valleys. He could have made only cows for food - or worse, only brussel sprouts!

But God made what seems to be an endless amount of possibilities. Why? Because it is to His glory to create and hide what He created (Proverbs 2:2) - so that we could live our lives on a never ending treasure hunt. The world is like 10 billion Christmas gifts wrapped under the tree. Or an Easter egg hunt that takes a lifetime to play.

He delights in giving us mysteries to uncover. Like an arcade game - as soon as we think we've mastered the game, it blinks "Level 2!" And the game continues. Perhaps He has designed the world in such a way so that we stay addicted to living, so that we stay interested, fascinated, amazed!

Are you still amazed? Are you still fascinated with God's creation? Are you still discovering the mysteries of God? Perhaps one of the saddest things in life is to be bored, impassionate, just existing - not searching for answers, not asking questions, not participating in this wonderful game that God wants to play with us.

Some of us are plant people: devoting our lives to studying what makes a garden grow, or studying wildflowers, or trees. Some of us are animal people: we never stop learning about our cats, or our dogs, or horses, or insects, etc. Some of us are people people: teachers trying to discover what makes children learn, or nurses trying to figure out what makes a patient well. But all of us are God's people: created not only to discover His creation - but to discover Him in His Creation. Jeremiah 29 says, "...when you get serious about finding me and want it more than anything else, I'll make sure you won't be disappointed." (The Message)

Paul writes in Colossians that his purpose is to encourage us and unite us in love so that we can have complete understanding and know the mystery of God - which is Christ. "All the richest treasures of wisdom and knowledge are embedded in that mystery and nowhere else." (Colossians 2:3)

So it seems that God has hidden little treasures for us to find just about everywhere we look. But the prize is Christ! Seeking Him. Knowing Him. Not only learning about all that has been made, but learning all we can about the One through whom all things were made (John1:3).
So - what are you discovering? Have you found all that God has hidden? Are you ready to go to the next level? Are you still surprised? Are you still excited? - Or have you just stopped looking?

Go Bless,

Pete

When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him? - Psalm 8:3-4

THINGS DISCOVERED!
• 287,655 plants (which includes 15,000 mosses, 13,000 ferns, and 74,000 to 120,000 fungi)
• 1,250,000 animals (including 950,000 bugs, 9,000 reptiles, 10,000 birds, and 30,000 fish)
• And do you want to talk about bacteria?

THINGS STILL CONCEALED
What's holding up the earth? What's keeping us on the earth as it spins around? How does the sun keep burning? How do we attain world peace? Are we responsible for global warming, or is God just messing with us?