Work Together

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28

At a recent book fair, I had the privilege of meeting Cathryn and John Sill. She is the author of All About Birds, All About Mammals, All About Reptiles, etc. He illustrates her books. Mr. Sill's illustrations are true matches for his wife's words. One without the other would not make a very informative book. There would be beautiful pictures without explanations or concise information without a necessary visual. Working together, they create great non-fiction books for children 4-7 years old.

Genesis 1:1 says,"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." Later verse 26 says, "Let us make man in our image." (emphasis mine.) The Lord gives us His word and He illustrates it through creation. If we only look at creation without reading the scriptures, we only get a minimal view of God's plan. If we only read the scriptures and never examine the creation, we fail to get a good understanding of how things work together. Working together, God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit have created perfect information and illustrated it for us.

The Lord not only created and controls creation, He also sets up and control governments, things visible and invisible working out His plan. Knowing God the Father has given all things to the control of His Son, Jesus Christ, (I Corinthians 15:25-27; Hebrews 2:8) gives me great courage to hopefully work together to be the illustration of Jesus in my life.

Blessings, 

Gail   

Hey Kids:

Did you know Jesus has provided stories in the Bible with great illustrations in Creation?

Here are a few examples you may want to investigate this week. 

What can you discover by reading scripture and observing nature?

Ants - Proverbs 6:6-11

Spiders - Proverbs 30:28

How can these illustrations be applied to our lives? Colossians 3:17,23

Now try these.

Seeds - Matthew 13:3-9, 18-23

Sheep - Isaiah 53:6; John 10:11, 14-15

Rock - Matthew 7:24-27 I Corinthians 10:4