Without Excuse

The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork.

Psalm 19:1

After orbiting the earth, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin is reported to have said, “I looked and looked, but I didn’t see God.” For many, that was ultimate proof: if God was thought to live in heaven, and a scientist like Gagarin didn’t see Him, He must not exist.

But the Bible says that God has “at various times and in various ways” spoken (revealed Himself) to humanity and “has in these last days spoken to us by His Son” (Hebrews 1:1-2). The fact that God didn’t reveal Himself to a Russian cosmonaut in space means nothing. Jesus has not revealed Himself physically to humanity on earth in the twenty-first century, but He did in the first century. Likewise, we have no burning bushes today as Moses had in the fourteenth century BC. But God has revealed Himself to all of humanity in one way or another so that, as Paul wrote, we are “without excuse” (Romans 1:20).

Don’t fail to believe in God through His Son, Jesus Christ, because you have not seen Him in the way you desire or expect. Rather, embrace the revelation God has given through the living and written Word, lest you be found without excuse.

Open my eyes, that I may see glimpses of truth Thou hast for me. . . .

Open my ears, that I may hear voices of truth Thou sendest clear.

CLARA H. SCOTT