As we arrived in the middle of this week-long focus on hearing God, today we're going to look at the role of the role of creation and God speaking to us as his children.

Throughout human history mankind has gone to nature to get a deeper sense of the divine. And I believe that when we open our ears to hear what

God is declaring to us through what he's made, we'll find a wonderful avenue to

stay in communication with our Heavenly Father. May God reveal His

heart today to speak through His creation and may our hearts be stirred to listen.

Welcome to the First 15 Podcast.

Nature has an ability to bring me peace in ways nothing else does. Sure, I get annoyed by bugs or tired from hiking, but seeing the beauty, creativity, and complexity of what God has made has a profound effect on my spiritual life.

Have you ever just spent some time in God's creation?

Maybe it was hiking, lying on the beach, swimming in the ocean or a lake,

fishing, gazing over the Grand Canyon, driving through mountains, watching a thunderstorm or playing in the rain.

Take a minute to reflect on that time and what you felt.

Looking back, do you think you might have felt God's presence?

Did the awe and wonder of nature's splendor bring you peace,

or even lead you to thoughts about God?

The more I've come to know God, the more there has

grown in me in adoration and appreciation for his creation. Romans twenty states that God's invisible attributes, namely his eternal power and divine nature,

have been clearly perceived ever since the creation of the world and the things that have been made.

Nature is meant to declare to us the invisible attributes of God.

And scripture is clear that God is at work in His creation,

maintaining and facilitating all that happens in the world.

Psalm 147, 8 through 9 and 15 through 18 tell us, he covers the heavens with clouds. He prepares rain for the earth.

He makes grass grow on the hills. He gives the beast their food and

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