He made the world and everything in it, and since he is Lord
of heaven and earth, he doesn’t live in man-made temples; and human hands can’t
minister to his needs—for he has no needs! He himself gives life and breath to
everything, and satisfies every need there is.
He created all the people of the world from one man, Adam, and scattered
the nations across the face of the earth. He decided beforehand which should
rise and fall, and when. He determined their boundaries. His purpose in all of
this is that they should seek after God, and perhaps feel their way toward him
and find him—though he is not far from any one of us. For in him we live and move and are! As one
of your own poets says it, ‘We are the sons of God.’ (Acts 17:24-28)
We find ourselves in the book of Acts again today. I was
brought to tears revisiting how Paul described to the Athenians the “unknown
God” they had set up an altar to worship. The Athenians had many gods they were
worshipping but acknowledged there was one they didn’t know. Paul seized the
opportunity to share the true God with them and many believed. Absolutely
beautiful.
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