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As I write this devotion, I am sitting in my living room looking out the window, across the lawn, and down the street. Spring is in the air, fresh leaves adorn the trees and bushes, and the birds sing happily that the cold winter is now behind us. The sky itself even seems to rejoice — bright blue with wispy, pure white clouds in the north.
Pondering all of this, I am reminded of Psalm 19. Its opening verse reminds us that creation itself testifies to God: “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims His handiwork.” The majestic mountains, the babbling brooks, the towering trees — all of it reminds us of His creative power that extends over all things.
But this time of year also reminds us of His power of recreation. There is a flow in creation. Right now, during spring, we revel in the new life all around us. Summer sees life mature; fall sees the harvest and shortening days. Winter comes, and with it, decline. Leaves fall, gray skies increase, and animals bed down, out of sight and out of mind. In this flow of creation, we see the flow of life. Birth, growth, and decay.
As we witness spring, however, I would ask you to praise God for His recreative power. In the new life all around us this spring, see the future that you and I have in Him. As you see the bright green shoots of new growth pushing through the ground heralding a new birth, be reminded of the recreation that we look forward to. Be reassured that — though, when we die and are lowered into the earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust — we too shall rise. In the words of Paul in 1 Thessalonians 4:16, "For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first."
This morning, or whenever you read this, take a look outside. See the activity of God this spring as He recreates. Pause for a moment and be reminded of the recreation He worked in you in Baptism, and look forward to His work on the last day as He recreates all things imperishable, and that those who call on Him as Lord and Savior will join together in the new heaven and the new earth at the wedding feast of the Lamb. May Jesus Christ be praised!
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