God's Existence

   Do you ever ask the questions: Does God hide Himself? Why doesn't He make Himself known to the ignorant beings who reject Him? Or, why doesn't He just paint "I am the true and living God" across the sky for the whole world to see? Truthfully, I used to be struggling with these tormenting thoughts and constantly asked these same questions to myself. More specifically, my mind usually wandered to the world-renowned Oxford professor: Richard Dawkins.

   Richard Dawkins is a brilliant scholar to whom God gave an incredible mind. I highly respect him for his level of intelligence and proficient eloquence. Although this knowledgeable man has a remarkable intellect and a superior position in the world of education, he is a pronounced and zealous athiest. In 2006, Richard Dawkins wrote a book called The God Delusion where he forcefully argues the non-existence of Almighty God. In short, he completely denies the mere possiblility of the existence of a Higher Power who created the universe.

   Observing the sucess and fame of someone like this man caused me to ask God, "Why don't You reveal Yourself to men like Richard Dawkins who are fighting so hard against You?" Then, in His soverign, gentle, yet powerful way, God answered me. God didn't audibly speak to me, but with a still, small voice He removed the walls of confusion that enclosed my flustered mind.

   Friends, whether you realize it or not, God is openly revealing Himself and proclaiming His existence and majesty every moment of our lives. God's handiwork and proof of His existence is made manifest in every object He created. Take something simple, like the tree. A tree has roots which absorb moisture and nutrients from the soil which allows is to live. It then uses those nutrients to aid in the growing and strengthening of its trunk, the complicated process of photosynthesis, reproducing seeds that fall to the ground and begin to form into their own trees. My question is: How do they know how to do that? How does a tree just "know" how to grow roots, use sunlight and water for energy, make seeds that grow into trees that repeat the same life cycle?

    God does write His name across the sky. The very fact that the sky is, means He is! In fact, He leaves His signature on every leaf, feather, human body, and insect. Please don't confuse this; God is not the sky, but the sky is an object of His very creation. Don't worship the creation, worship the Creator. We may not literally see the sentence "Made by God", but hasn't God proved His existence already? God did not choose to etch His name using letters in the atmosphere, because all of creation bears His mark. Look out across the ocean, observe the stars above you, and marvel at your own hand. Do not all of these things bear the mark of the Almighty?

"Now prepare yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer Me. 'Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding. Who determined its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it? To what were its foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone, when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? Or who shut in the sea with doors, when it burst forth and issued from the womb; when I made the clouds its garment, and thick darkness its swaddling band; when I fixed My limit for it, and set bars and doors..'" - Job 38:3-10