Storybook world

“What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it?” Luke 13:18

The Lord who made the world entered the world, and when he walked through it, he interpreted the world with flawless exegesis. He could preach expository sermons upon the winds and the waves, the beasts and the birds, and all the growing things. We have some of these things preserved in Living Memory in the Book, but I expect that the apostles enjoyed lordly gems of this sort on a regular basis when they walked with the God-Man.

It seems like his favorite theme to illustrate by way of nature is the kingdom of God. He saw the kingdom in the creature. He was right to do so because he embedded pictures of the kingdom in the creature when he the Creator created the creature. Maybe we can become more godly if we begin to see our world with the magnificent vision with which the Lord Jesus Christ saw everything. From mustard seeds to mushy dough, with the words of Christ dwelling richly in our hearts, perhaps we too can begin to exposit the wonderful world around us. For the world is a book in which we walk with the great Author.