Narrative Lectionary Key Verse for Today
“The Lord created me at the beginning of his work,
the first of his acts of long ago.”
NL Daily Devotion for Sunday, July 30, 2023
by R. M. Fergus, Clergy Stuff
Wisdom was there at the beginning. Before any physical creation out of matter, God brought into being this incredible gift with which to frame everything that is. Wisdom fills creation, shows up in every single aspect of it. I was a biology major and over and over and over again I was left stunned by the way the natural world reflects this wisdom—a logic, a beauty so exquisite it boggles the mind. As creations in God’s image, this gift of Wisdom is in our makeup, too. And while we don’t always act wisely or seek after wisdom—in fact, it feels like a lot of the time we don’t—we are always invited back to connect with the gift of Wisdom that is in innermost core of our being. How do we reconnect? Well, I, for one, get out into nature and witness the presence of Wisdom in everything around me. But there are as many ways to dig into that connection as there are individual people, and however you seek to connect, Wisdom will be there waiting for you.
How do I connect to God’s presence in my life and the world around me?
