Creation: Begin Here – The Law of God and Public Policy

Creation: Begin Here
The Law of God and Public Policy

We must begin with ourselves in bringing out the glory of God in creation.

It is the glory of God to conceal things, but the glory of kings is to search things out. Proverbs 25:2

Public policies—whether in the form of legislation or peer pressure—which hinder our ability to remark God’s glory should be opposed and replaced by those which make it possible for all people to benefit from considering the beauty, goodness, and truth of God as these come to light in created things. The creation and all culture strain to bear witness to God, Who has concealed His glory in them. The duty of those who are His “royal priesthood” (1 Pet. 2:9, 10) is to pursue policies and practices that make it possible for us to “search out” God’s glory and to glorify God at all times in all things, and to oppose policies that do not.

This must begin, of course, within our own lives, in our families and within our congregations, where we learn to talk freely and to encourage one another in “discovering” the witness to God’s glory everywhere to be found in the things He has made. Pastors and teachers who do not equip their congregations for such stewardship are failing in their charge to nurture God’s people in their peculiar callings.

But we must not draw back from carrying that witness into public space, whether in our conversations and demeanor or through the legitimate avenues of public policy available to us. We must make the most of every opportunity available to us for bringing the light of God’s witness into the lives of our neighbors, both to glorify Him and to benefit them.

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In the Gates is a devotional series on the Law of God by Rev. T. M. Moore, editor of the Worldview Church. He serves as dean of the Centurions Program of the Wilberforce Forum and principal of The Fellowship of Ailbe, a spiritual fellowship in the Celtic Christian tradition. He is the author or editor of twenty books, and has contributed chapters to four others. His essays, reviews, articles, papers, and poetry have appeared in dozens of national and international journals, and on a wide range of websites. His most recent books are The Ailbe Psalter and The Ground for Christian Ethics (Waxed Tablet).

Scripture quotations in this article are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, (c) copyright 2001, 2007 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.