After February’s crippling snowstorm in Texas, southern homeowners might consider snowfall a curse. Midwestern drivers might dismiss it as a road hazard. One rare breed of individuals sees the snow as an opportunity for artwork. Each year, snow sculptors breathe new life into the white powder and create masterpieces suitable for an art gallery.
Worship 101
No one who has marveled at these impressive expressions of creativity, patience and skill would ever tell you the snowflakes formed a committee, appointed a leader and assembled themselves into their detailed designs. That would be ridiculous. Everyone knows a sculptor invested countless hours into his art. We acknowledge his talent and give credit where it’s due. That’s a form of worship.
Now let’s pull out our microscopes and take a closer look at these snow structures. Tens of millions of individual snowflakes form each piece of art. Many of the 35 different types of snowflakes are contained within each structure. They appear in many different sizes and shapes. Each one has six sides because of the way water molecules are arranged in an ice crystal. Changing temperatures and humidity give each snowflake a design as unique as the path it takes from Heaven to Earth.
Ultimate Worship
If human artists made the snow sculptures, then who made the snow? To deny a designer’s role in snow creation is no more practical than subscribing to the “snowflake committee” theory. Snow formation follows consistent, scientific principles. These principles cannot operate without an intelligent cause. The Bible calls Him God, and He’s much more than an unseen, intelligent being. He is a personal God with whom we can have a relationship. Giving Him the credit He deserves for Creation could be a great first step towards this.
When it’s directed toward God, worship is far more than acknowledgment of what He has done in Creation. It celebrates His Son, Jesus’, sacrificial death on the cross. It makes the connection between His act of sacrifice and His loving heart toward undeserving sinners. It sees Him as deserving of praise because of His gracious kindness, holiness, and power. And it inspires us to love Him in return.
Has your heart ever been captivated by God’s greatness? Take a walk (weather permitting). Go on a nature hike. Try stargazing. Or bird watching. Or simply look outside your window. The masterpiece will inspire you to worship the Artist.
Article by Cam Edwards
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