"Day to day pours out speech, and night to
night reveals knowledge. There is no speech, nor are there words, whose voice
is not heard. Their voice goes out through all the earth and their words to the
end of the world."
Nature. That is what this verse is talking about. Being out
in nature.
I recently read an
article in The Guardian,that said, “…Ask anyone over 40 to recount their most treasured memories of
childhood play, and few will be indoors. Fewer still will involve an adult. Independent play, outdoors and far from grown-up eyes, is what we remember. As
things stand, today's children will be unlikely to treasure memories like that:
21% of today's kids regularly play outside, compared with 71% of their
parents.” Studies have
shown that children who spend time outside have:
- increased academic achievement (mind)
- enhanced problem solving skills (mind)
- decrease attention deficit difficulties (mind)
- decrease in childhood obesity (body)
- improves vision and vitamin D intake (body)
- protects the psychological well being of children (spirit)
- less stress (spirit)
- increases positive mental/emotional health (spirit)
- decrease of depression (spirit)
- enhances social/relationship interactions (spirit)
The verbs in these verses keep popping off the page at me:
“pour” and “reveal”. The definition of “pour” is to flow rapidly in a steady stream.
(dictionary.com). I began to think about
rain or a waterfall. Those are both natural examples of water pouring out. It
would be extremely difficult to stop a natural waterfall from running and it is
completely impossible to stop the pouring of rain. As I meditated on this
scripture, I began to think about God’s speech pouring out from creation. It is
impossible for anyone to stop God’s voice from shouting out of creation. His
handiwork naturally shouts His name. His creation is pouring out speech to us.
And much like the downpour of rain, it is impossible to stop His voice from
saying through His earth, “Here I am! Here I am! Look at me. I am POURING
myself out to you.”
The online Webster dictionary defines the word reveal as 1.
to make known through divine inspiration or 2. to make something that is secret
or hidden, publicly or generally known.
The night sky, through divine inspiration, makes publicly
known to us the “mystery of God”. The night sky reveals knowledge. Night
after night, God provides anticipation and excitement of what is to come by
what He has placed in the heavens for us to see. The stars, their order, their
vast numbers, their changing positions, and their abilities, all reveal the
knowledge of our God.
Creation is a universal language. There is no one in the
world, no place in the world and no language spoken in any tribe or land that
can misunderstand the language of creation. God created a world that allows all
people of every nation and tribe to understand that there is a creator and he
is called God Almighty. His name is clearly written all over the earth. We can choose
to stay out of church, we can stop listening to our pastors, we can quit
listening to Christian music and choose to stop hanging out with our godly
friends, but still we cannot escape God’s sweet voice. The voice of creation sings sweetly to the
ends of the earth. His voice reaches every mountain, every valley, every piece
of sand, every desert, to the bottom of the sea, to every piece of land or
water ever created, God’s beautiful voice is heard. We are never able to get away
from the general revelation of our God. Hallelujah!
No wonder we feel rejuvenated and refreshed when we are
outside!!! We are experiencing the pouring out of God’s speech and the
revealing of His knowledge. The Kaiser Family Foundation reported recently that
on average, 8 year olds to 18 year olds in America spend more than 53 hours a
week “using entertainment media”. This should not be so! Our children are losing the opportunity to
hear Gods creation pour out speech to them and they are losing the ability to
sense the knowledge of Him night after night. We must allow our children time
outside to experience what God’s hands have made, for this is good for their whole being; mind, body and spirit!
Lord, let us all spend more time in Your handiwork with our
spouses, with our grandparents and with our children, so that you can pour your
speech over us and reveal your knowledge to us. Amen!
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