Hello friends, welcome to Embolden. I'm Chris Shatter, an ordinary Christian living with and learning about an extraordinary God. It's day 22 on the Embolden Podcast, 30 Days of Giving Glory to God. And our verse today comes from Psalms 57-5.
Be exalted, O God, above the heavens. Let your glory be over all the earth. And join me in this prayer. Father God, as I go about my day, help me to see the world in a new light.
A world that was created by you for your glory. A world so intricate and beautiful and diverse that only you God could have designed. Amen. As my dog-tucker ran along the path, unencumbered with the complicated thoughts of us humans, I had to stop and laugh at his simple life.
Simple in comparison to mine, but still an integral part of God's creation. We were on our usual trek through a local suburban canyon which features homes on either top of the divide. Through the middle are varieties of plant life too numerous to count, hiding all manners of birds and lizards and bunnies and probably a rattlesnake or two. It even features a tiny spring welling up mysteriously somewhere along the way.
And it struck me how no human on earth could create such a diverse, self-stustaining environment. We try. Oh, we certainly try. There's been numerous attempts to create our own human-based Eden.
And in the 60s and 70s, communes could be found throughout the United States based loosely on China's Melcy Dung's plan for communal living. But time after time, these communes have failed. Listen to this from Russell Flannery, Orbs Magazine. Although American communes worked to raise food, shared parenting and household tasks, shared financial responsibility and upkeep, the rules and organization were often in lax, leading many to simply fail because there was no governing body, not enough discipline or consequence when someone did not do their part.
Also, for some, drugs and sex were more important than work. You've probably heard the Romans eight verse many times where Paul reminds us that God works for the good of all those who love him. And I can't help but notice in so many reviews of man's attempt to recreate what God has already made perfect, that's what basically is missing. God himself.
God has already made the perfect keep copying for us. It's a world that if we were to disappear tomorrow, we'd continue on growing, dying, rebuilding, burning, procreating, blooming, blizzardly and shining. But for what purpose? That, my friends, is the ultimate pinnacle of God's plan.
In the beginning, he made it for you. It's not something we need to remake. That would pale in comparison to the original. But it is something to appreciate in its intricately woven creation and sustainability.
For that, we can go glory to God, all our lives. Have a blessed day. I hope you enjoyed this episode of The Embolden Podcast. Be sure to follow along so you don't miss any episode and check out my blog at Embolden.net.