God shouts out his existence to all the world at all times through all of his creation. Yes, we suppress this revelation, says Paul in Romans 1:18-21. But that doesn’t mean that he hasn’t spoken.

“If God is there, why doesn’t he show himself?” I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve heard this.

King David answers this question brilliantly in Psalm 19. “He does!” says David. God does show himself to the world in two very different but complementary ways:

First, God shows himself to us in his creation. This is called general revelation.

The heavens declare the glory of God,

    and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.

Day to day pours out speech,

    and night to night reveals knowledge.

There is no speech, nor are there words,

    whose voice is not heard. (Ps. 19:1-3)

The fact that anything exists is evidence of a self-existent Creator.[1] For it is true that “Nothing comes from nothing, nothing ever could.” Moreover, all that does exist bears remarkable structure, form, and design.

From the configuration of the atoms to the astonishingly intricate complexity of proteins and other basic building blocks of living cells to the movement of the stars and galaxies all of these “declare the glory of God” and “proclaim his handiwork.” 

The great scientist Jane Goodall described a moment in the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris late on a sunny day in the 1974.

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