The end of theology

Rather than looking at the purpose of creation from a human perspective, since it is Sunday, it is a good thing to think of it from God's perspective. One of the things I have been telling my congregation lately is that if your theology (words about God) doesn't lead to doxology (praise of God) then you ain't doing theology right. Creation reveals so much about the Lord that it should bring forth incredible praise from us. It tells us what kind of God we serve that He has given us this beautiful earth, imagine its glory if we hadn't screwed it all up in the beginning and continue to do so today.

One of my favorite songs as a wee lad in church was This is My Father's World:

This is my Father’s world, and to my listening ears
All nature sings, and round me rings the music of the spheres.
This is my Father’s world: I rest me in the thought
Of rocks and trees, of skies and seas;
His hand the wonders wrought.

This is my Father’s world, the birds their carols raise,
The morning light, the lily white, declare their Maker’s praise.
This is my Father’s world: He shines in all that’s fair;
In the rustling grass I hear Him pass;
He speaks to me everywhere.

Thinking on creation should lead us to praise for the creator. When I lived near many golf courses I would occasionally meet people who said they didn't go to church but they worshipped on the golf course. As I drove past several courses on my way to worship on Sundays I would sometimes pray for God's Spirit to fall on those courses since so many people said they were going there to worship. He never seems to have answered that particular prayer in the affirmative as I never met anyone who said they met Him there and realized that they had to come to church to worship Him fully.

This is the day for worship, O Worship the King.