Psalm 19:1-6 God’s external revelation of Himself to His creation

What may be known of  God is revealed through His handiwork in the heavens.

Psalms 19:1-6 NKJV
[1] The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament shows His handiwork. [2] Day unto day utters speech, And night unto night reveals knowledge. [3] There is no speech nor language Where their voice is not heard. [4] Their line has gone out through all the earth, And their words to the end of the world. In them He has set a tabernacle for the sun, [5] Which is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, And rejoices like a strong man to run its race. [6] Its rising is from one end of heaven, And its circuit to the other end; And there is nothing hidden from its heat.

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If all we had was the heavens and the skies above, proclaiming God’s glory through His handiwork; the sun, moon, stars, planets, constellations, distant galaxies, and infinite, vast expanse known as the universe, it would be more than enough evidence to speak volumes and testify, not only of His existence, but to His unsearchable greatness as well. Every day the skies above speak to us and give us proof of God’s existence and provides us with the assurance that God takes great care of all that He has created.

Psalms 19 provides us with a poetic declaration of God’s glorious revelation of Himself to mankind. He’s there. All we need to do is to look up and truly explore the heavens with our eyes, our imaginations and our hearts. The same God who spoke the universe into existence, created you and me. We can know Him, first, through this external revelation of Himself.

Then, as we begin to see His handiwork and Glory in the heavens, we will be open to receive God’s personal revelation of Himself through His word, the scriptures. Jesus is the word of God, who took on flesh and dwelt among us (John 1:1-14)

As we come to know God externally through creation, the work of his hands, and personally through His Word; written in the Bible, spoken to us through His son, Jesus Christ and the presence of the Holy Spirit within, we will then come to know Him internally and intimately, as His Word, Jesus Christ, is sown in our hearts through faith.

As of 2025, with all of the vast resources mankind has spent on space exploration, we have yet to barely scratch the surface of what we know about the universe, how far and deep outer space actually goes. With every new discovery we learn more about our universe, but we also learn that there is so much more out there to explore.

This infinite greatness of our world around us leaves us with many deep and probing questions:

Will we ever find the edges of our universe?

Will we ever come to know how far and deep our Creator has made this place called Earth and the worlds that surround us?

Will we every see God in His eternal glory?

Every culture has a certain belief in God, expressed through various religious traditions, but religion is not enough. Religion doesn’t address the deepest need within everyone of us. There is a deeper, more personal connection that we’re all searching for at the core of our lives, in our hearts. We’re created with an instinctive sense that there is more to our existence than what we can see, know and understand from creation outside of us and the universe that surrounds us.

Let’s explore Psalm 19 together and we’ll see some amazing truths about God and how He continually reveals himself to us externally, personally through His word, both written and as He speaks to us in our hearts. This is His internal revelation of Himself to each of us, in our hearts. This is where we become convinced of our need for Him as we’re convicted by the Spirit of God, that we cannot live without Him. We become well aware of the fact that, without God, we are nothing more than earthly bodies filled with dead man’s bones.