Speaking without a Sound

I read Psalm 19 early this morning before the sun even began to peek out of the darkness and it struck me how much the heavens and the earth proclaim God's glory. Proclamation is a buzzword in my vocation. In fact in many ways, it is the essence of what I do as a minister. Proclaiming the gospel, the good news, that even when we hated God, He loved us! Without the proclamation of the gospel everything else that we do as believers, as the church even, lacks meaning and substance. As believers in Christ, we proclaim his salvation for all who will believe, we proclaim his Lordship over all the earth, we proclaim his truth into the culture we are immersed in...ultimately so that His Kingdom purposes will be fulfilled. 

Psalm 19 (New Living Translation)

¹ The heavens proclaim the glory of God.
      The skies display his craftsmanship.
 ² Day after day they continue to speak;
      night after night they make him known.
 ³ They speak without a sound or word;
      their voice is never heard.
 ⁴ Yet their message has gone throughout the earth,
      and their words to all the world.

Something else that struck me about this passage is found in verse 3, David is describing how the created order declares God's glory and majesty yet they do it without speaking a word. I have long believed that some of the greatest witnesses that we can offer to the hurt world around us in not in our words but in our deeds. Does your life and my life point others to God without even saying a word about Jesus? Don't get me wrong we still need to speak the truth of God and boldly proclaim the gospel but if all we ever do is pay lip service to our faith what good is that to God or anyone around us? Let us proclaim the gospel and the glory of God with our words but more importantly with our lives!