We recently had ILLUMINATE on in Senior School and I was completely blown away by the skill, the creativity, and the hard work that some of our students put into their major works.
I was so taken by some of them I had to tell the creators of these works how good they were and I also wanted to tell them about the impression that their works left on me.
While I knew that students had major works in various fields, I did not realise how ‘major’ some of them were until I actually took the time to stop and check them out. When I did, I saw these people in a new light. Of course, this made me think about God – he is the creator.
The heavens keep telling the wonders of God,
and the skies declare what he has done.
2 Each day informs the following day;
each night announces to the next.
3 They don't speak a word, and there is never the sound of a voice.
4 Yet their message reaches all the earth, and it travels around the world.
Psalm 19
Every day, God shows us some of his amazing works and we can miss them because we are too busy doing our amazing work. Why not take time to stop this weekend and check out his major works – go to the beach or a bushwalk, smell the flowers, feel the sun, stare at your hand and marvel at the mechanics of it. When you have done that, take time to say ‘Thank you’.
My favourite major work of God was Jesus. He hung his Son up for public display to the whole world to say ‘I love you' - to this I say ‘thank you!’.