Not Far From Us

Saturday November 22 2014

Scientists tells us that the chemical element carbon is the building block of life. Hidden from the naked eye, this vital atom is in everything, from the air we breathe to the food we eat. In fact carbon makes up nearly 20 percent of the human body.

Without carbon, life as we know it wouldn´t exist. But where does it come from? How did it become the chemical backbone for all living things? This is where the amazing observations of peering through a microscope can take us only so far. Such answers can be found only through the lens of faith.

The pages of the Bible faithfully point to the answer. Twenty-seven of its 66 books speak of one creator God who "made the skies and the heavens and all the stars" as well as the "earth and the seas and everything in them" (Nehemiah 9:6; see also Jeremiah 10;11).

Paul gave the same answer in a speech he presented in ancient Athens. To a group of people who were interested in hearing more about the resurrection of Jesus, Paul declared that the one true God of the universe "made the world and everything in it" (Acts 17:24). Translation : Life as we know it, right down to the very carbon atoms we are made of, originates from one Source- the Maker of heaven and earth.

Paul goes on to declare that we're more than just an elaborate chemistry set to our Creator God. He loves us and knows us. Paul proclaimed that the God who "gives life and breath to everything" is not far from any of us (vv. 25, 27). Even though He has fixed a day on which He will judge the world, He wants people from all nations to find Him (vv. 30-31).

Seek your Maker today. He is there to be found. His handiwork can be seen and His presence can be felt. - Jeff Olson

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Acts 17:24-31
"God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands. Nor is He worshipped with men´s hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives to all life, breath and all things. And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their habitation, so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Hi, though He is not far from each one of us; for in Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your poets have said, ' For we are also His offspring.' "
"Therefore, since we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, something shaped by art and man´s devising. Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent, because He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead."

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Revelation 4:11
" You are worthy, O Lord,
To receive glory and honor and power;
For You created all things,
And by Your will they exist and were created."

Question to Ponder
How have you experienced God´s presence recently?
How can you seek Him in a fresh new way today?

**Article taken from ODJ (Our Daily Journey with God) Sept - Nov 2014 issue