Lesson 1: God's Power Is Seen in Creation, part 1

The next characteristic we need to know about God is that God is Powerful.

1 Chronicles 29:10-13 - "Therefore David blessed the LORD in the presence of all the assembly. And David said: “Blessed are you, O LORD, the God of Israel our father, forever and ever. Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is Yours. Yours is the kingdom, O LORD, and You are exalted as head above all. Both riches and honor come from You, and You rule over all. In Your hand are power and might, and in Your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all. And now we thank You, our God, and praise Your glorious name."

David was obviously delighted about God. He was so thrilled about God that he even praised God publicly, because God was not only full of splendor, he recognized that what made Him so majestic was the fact that God was also the supreme power of the universe! David could not keep his mouth shut about it. One of our biggest problems, as Christians, is in living like practical atheists. We do not recognize, like David, that God is All-Powerful. Therefore, to help us have the vision and insight David had about God, we take a look at some of the ways we know that God is powerful.

The first way we know God is powerful is by His display of creation.

Romans 1:18-20 - "For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For His invisible attributes, namely, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse."


One of the most obvious ways to show us that God not only exists but that He is all-powerful, is by looking at His creation. God not only created the world as a place for us to live - He created the world so we could come to a knowledge of Him. Once you start looking at this world we live in, you will not only see that God must exist, but also see that He is incredibly powerful! Let me show you what I mean by taking a look at just some of the characteristics of creation:

1. The Atom: The atom is so small that it would take the whole population of the world 180 million years to count just the number of atoms in a cup of water, counting at one per second.

2. The Cell: Even the simplest cells are bristling with high-tech machinery. On the outside, their surfaces are studded with sensors, gates, pumps and identification markers and on the inside cells are packed with power plants, automated workshops and recycling units. Miniature monorails whisk materials from one location to another. No such system could arise in a blind, step-by-step Darwinian process. The most advanced, automated modern factory, with its computers and robots all coordinated on a precisely timed schedule, is less complex than the inner workings of a single cell. A single cell of the human body contains 3 or 4 times more information than all 30 volumes of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

More in our next lesson.

* What in creation convinces you most that God is powerful?