God’s Golden Splendor and Awesome Majesty

God’s golden splendor is on display for all to see when autumn dresses the trees in glorious color. With the changing of the seasons from summer to autumn, God reveals His awesome power through the times of the year set in motion during Creation.

 

 

God’s Golden Splendor and Awesome Majesty

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Out of the north he comes in golden splendor; God comes in awesome majesty. Job 37:22

God’s golden splendor is on display for all to see when autumn dresses the trees in glorious color. With the changing of the seasons from summer to autumn, God reveals His awesome power through the times of the year set in motion during Creation.

Out of the north he comes in golden splendor; God comes in awesome majesty. Job 37:22 #Godislove #autumn #provision Click To Tweet

God’s Golden Splendor Displays His Dominion

A recent trip to enjoy the colorful displays of fall reminded me anew of God’s dominion at a time when our world seems to spin out of control. The continuing COVID pandemic, the approach of elections, and the violence perpetrated on our cities discourage us. But we are not abandoned by God.

No accident of happenstance could create the clock-like regularity with which the seasons change. In Job 28:31-33, God asks, “Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades? Can you loosen Orion’s belt? Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons or lead out the Bear with its cubs? Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set up God’s dominion over the earth?”

No accident of happenstance could create the clock-like regularity with which the seasons change. #seasons #Godisgood #grace Click To Tweet

God’s Golden Splendor Reminds Us to Seek Him

The prophets refer to the seasons in rebuking people for their lack of understanding and obedience. Jeremiah 8:7 says, “Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons, and the dove, the swift and the thrush observe the time of their migration. But my people do not know the requirements of the Lord.” And Daniel provides timely insight when he says, “He changes times and seasons; he deposes kings and raises up others. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.”

Creation Reveals the Power and Nature of God

The splendor of autumn should draw our eyes and hearts toward God who reveals Himself in His glorious creation. Romans 1:20 tells us, “For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.”

Look to the displays of God’s never-ceasing love and control and rejoice that we are not left alone in a world gone mad. Though God’s judgment will come, often by causing His people to suffer along with those who do not know Him for a time, the change of seasons reminds us that we are never abandoned.

Worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness; tremble before him, all the earth. Psalm 96:9

Look to the displays of God’s never-ceasing love and control and rejoice that we are not left alone... #love #provision #autumn Click To Tweet

© Norma Gail Holtman, October 12, 2020

About the author:

Norma Gail writes Fiction to Refresh Your Spirit. Her contemporary novels, Land of My Dreams, which won the 2016 Bookvana Religious Fiction Award, and Within Golden Bands (released May 19, 2020), explore the theme of women whose faith triumphs over trials. A women’s Bible study leader for over 21 years, her devotionals and poetry have appeared at ChristianDevotions.us, the Stitches Thru Time blog, Inspire a Fire, and in “The Secret Place.” She is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers, Romance Writers of America, Historical Writers of America, and the Women’s Fiction Writers Association. Norma is a former RN who lives in the mountains of New Mexico with her husband of 44 years. They have two adult children. To connect with her, you can follow her blog, or join her on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, Goodreads, BookBub, or Amazon.