“Insulation” — a good thing, right? As I sit here on this blustery winter’s day, beside my heater, I am thankful for insulation between me and the cold. The other day I was working with some electrical wiring and had another occasion to be thankful for insulation that protected me from inadvertently coming into contact with live wires. But there is another kind of insulation in my life that I am not so thankful for. It is the insulation that stands between me and the continual awareness of an awesome God.
You don’t have to read very far in the Psalms to witness Davids’ appreciation for the power and presence of God in his life. That much favored song, “How Great Thou Art,” is fashioned from the words of Psalm 8 which says, “When I consider the heavens, the work of your hands, the moon and the stars which You have created.”
David witnessed the “heavens declaring the righteousness of God,” and the “trees of the field” clapping their hands. “The heavens are telling the glory of God and their expanse is declaring His handiwork.”
The writer of Romans tells us that we know much about God through the things that He has made. The problem is that we spend most of our time insulated / separated from God’s creation by the creature comforts of our homes. Nature’s telling forth the glory of God is drowned out by the blare of our stereos and the bombardment of the TV set. We have surrounded ourselves with the noises of industrialization and technology and have unwittingly drowned out the heralding witness of creation.
Oh how thankful I am that I live in a place where I can go outside and be still, away from the noise of traffic and sirens, out and away from the glare of streetlights and simply be still and listen.
Simply and reverently to be amazed and overwhelmed with the presence of God in the things that He has made.