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   Have you ever looked at God's creation & just stood in awe of Him? I have! In fact, I find myself doing this more & more. For example, I love to look at the clouds. The Bible says that we will "see the Son of Man returning in a cloud with power & great glory" (Luke 21:27). What a befitting vehicle for His arrival! I mean, I just get awe-struck gazing off into the vast <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />....Arizona.... sky, with its rolling clouds & pink sunsets; imagine Christ's return! That'll be some kind of an entrance, huh?

   I think, in a certain way, we're a lot like clouds; let me paint you a picture...Early this morning as I was gazing up at the sky, & the sun was behind a group of clouds, I felt the Lord speaking to me. Now, this thing with the clouds happens all the time, but we notice it most when the sun fully disappears behind a bunch of dark rain clouds, & our world gets just a shade darker. But what I saw this morning were white clouds, & as the sun was behind them, it caused them to radiate! I mean these clouds were almost too bright to look at.

[Think about Exodus 34: 29-35, when Moses' face was shining. The glory of God's light caused Moses' face to shine so much that he had to put a veil over it 'cuz folks were buggin' out'!]

   We're like clouds in the respect of reflecting glory. Just as those clouds reflected the light of the sun, we too reflect the light of God as we draw nearer to Him. So much so, that it's almost too bright to look at! On the same token, if we're filled with darkness like those looming rain clouds, then we'll blot out the sun's brightness & remove its visibility. 

   Those dark rain clouds are made dark by what they contain....what's inside them. (see Matthew 6:23) That darkness they carry in them nullifies the effect of the sun. Our sun, at its core, burns at around 27 million degrees, but is blocked out by a few rain clouds that pale in comparison to size.

   See how all this corresponds to spiritual matters? If we are full of darkness, then we not only block out the light of Christ, but we also make it harder for others to see! But as He has made our sins as white as snow (Isaiah 1:18), when we draw nearer to Him, we emanate His light, & others are able to see His power working through us. To summarize: all creation points to the Savior, the Light of the World! (Romans 1:20) Dig that!