It’s falling from the clouds,

a strange and lovely sound;

I hear it in the thunder and the rain.

It’s ringing in the skies

like cannons in the night;

The music of the universe plays.

These worship-eliciting lyrics from the song Cannons by Phil Wickham celebrate God’s imprint on His creation. As we experience the beauty of a starry sky or stand by the pulsating ocean surf, we experience His call.

The psalmist David wrote about this reality. He penned, “O Lord, our Lord, Your majestic name fills the earth! Your glory is higher than the heavens” (Psalm 8:1). Perhaps the gifted author was sitting at a window on a warm summer evening as he wrote, “When I look at the night sky and see the work of Your fingers—the moon and the stars that You set in place—what are mere mortals that You should think of them, human beings that You should care for them?” (Psalm 8:3-4).

David was in obvious awe of God’s beautiful, glorious creation. In verses 3 to 8 (Psalm 8:3-8), he lists a number of the living and inanimate things the Creator spoke into existence—things in the heavens, birds that soar through the air, animals that roam the land, fish that swim in the sea. In the midst of his awe and wonder over God’s works, David marveled that God would have such great interest in you and me . . . in people.

As we pause today to consider God’s marvelous creation, may it draw us to worship Him deeply and to marvel that He loves us so. Phil Wickham sings . . .

You are holy, great, and mighty;

The moon and the stars declare who You are.

I’m so unworthy, but still You love me;

Forever my heart will sing of how great You are.

NLT 365-day reading plan passage for today: Luke 20:20-40