Let’s explain canyons.
By explain, we mean geologically. Like, how do they get here? As in, what makes a canyon?
That’s easy. Water, wind, and lots and lots of years.
The ground has to wear away until the walls of the canyon are exposed, and only then do we see the colorful layers of the rock that have accumulated over the eons.
Now, before you see this as something destructive, think of it as a river’s song. The water dances down the mountain, peeling back the rock hiding the beautiful colors we see left behind on the canyon walls.
The water and wind are enabling the canyon walls to display the beauty of God’s hand in forming the rocks that make up the crust of the earth.
And we ride the river down the canyon, watching the walls of stone sweep past, amazed and in awe that such beauty exists.
Let’s take a short break to read Psalm 40:3:
“He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God; many will see and fear and will trust in the Lord.”
Here’s something else about canyons. They can be in a dissected land and yet contain the raging torrent of a river within their grasp. How? The very shape of a canyon collects and channels the water through a narrow path. It brings the water into one place and makes it into a powerful force that can be harnessed for good.
When we praise our God, we become that torrent of good. Jesus can harness our praises, and others will see and fear and trust in the Lord.
Let’s let Jesus channel us for his will. We will leave beauty behind wherever the Master takes us.
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