The Creator's Goodness Over All His Works

"I am the Lord that maketh all things." — Isaiah 44:24

Trusting Elohim as the Maker of heaven and earth transforms how we engage with His creation. This belief produces three vital consequences for Christian living.

First, such trust liberates us regarding science. The stars gleam with God's glory; the flowers are fragrant with His sweetness. Astronomy and botany—all sciences—are rightly called "sections of theology." We need not fear contradictions between Scripture and scientific inquiry, for both reveal the work of the Creator.

Second, belief in the Creator qualifies us for right enjoyment of nature. The man who truly believes will approach trade, travel, manufacture, and the earth's secrets with reverence absent in the doubter or denier. This faith excludes the Manichsean heresy that matter is evil's creation. Instead, we receive Peter's vision—to call nothing "common or unclean"—and cherish Christ's spirit toward nature itself.

Third, and most crucially, such trust inspires hope about creation's destiny. Though "the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain," the believer knows Adonai as not merely a Redeemer alleviating misfortune, but as the utterly good God whose goodness extends "over all His works." He is a "faithful Creator" who will bring creation to the destiny for which He made it.

This trust becomes fully possible through our Lord Jesus Christ, who stands as the Door (thura) connecting nature, humanity, and God.