God's handiwork in nature is not God Himself
in nature. The things of nature are an expression of God's character;
by them we may understand His love, His power, and His glory;
but we are not to regard nature as God. The artistic skill of
human beings produces very beautiful workmanship, things that
delight the eye and these things give us something of the idea
of the designer; but the thing made is not the man. It is not
the work, but the workman, that is counted worthy of honor. So,
while nature is an expression of God's thought, it is not nature
but the God of nature that is to be exalted.
"The gods
that have not made the heavens and the earth,
These shall
perish from the earth, and from under the heavens."
"The portion
of Jacob is not like these;
For He is the
former of all things."
"He hath made
the earth by His power,
He hath established
the world by His wisdom,
And by His
understanding hath He stretched out the heavens."
Jeremiah 10:11, 16, 12, A.R.V.
"Seek Him
that maketh the Pleiades and Orion,
And turneth
the shadow of death into the morning,
And maketh
the day dark with night;
That calleth
for the waters of the sea,
And poureth
them out upon the face of the earth
(Jehovah is His name)."
Amos 5:8, A.R.V.