Do You See How Creation Teaches Us To Make Disciples?

Good Morning Friends, 

Here’s the heart of it: when you bring together the bell curve of human perception, the way nature quietly preaches God’s glory, and the call to make disciples, you’re really naming the tension, I think, every pastor feels and the hope that more would grow in the rhythms of life that foster greater awareness of God’s Kingdom. Some people perceive spiritual truth instantly, some slowly, and some hardly at all. Yet creation keeps speaking patiently, beautifully, and insistently until the gospel breaks through. So, Do You See How Creation Teaches Us To Make Disciples?

Scripture:

• “The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.” (Psalm 19:1)
• “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed… though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants.” (Matthew 13:31–32)
• “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations…” (Matthew 28:19)

Message: Every pastor, I know, understands the bell curve of perception intuitively. Some people perceive God’s presence with startling clarity. Others, seeing dimly, sense something but are not yet naming it. And some experience a spiritual truth that feels distant or irrelevant. Some get glimpses of God through their friends and family but not always. Jesus understood this. His parables assume it. His patience embodies it. His Spirit works through it. The bell curve reminds us that discipleship is not mass production. It is cultivation. It is slow growth. It is mustard‑seed work.The beauty is that nature is God’s patient evangelist. Creation is the great equalizer. Regardless of where someone sits on the curve, nature speaks in a language everyone can hear.

• The sunrise whispers resurrection.
• The ocean teaches both power and mercy.
• The forest shows death giving way to new life.
• The storm reveals God’s sovereignty; the stillness reveals His nearness.

Psalm 19 insists that creation is not silent. It is preaching, day after day, night after night, so that even those on the far edges of perception receive a witness. Nature reflects God not merely in beauty but in process. Trees grow slowly. Rivers carve stone over centuries. Seeds germinate unseen. Disciples grow the same way. And for those seeking to make disciples, creation is still God’s sermon, but disciple making is something more specific, it is joining God in the divine work of a new creation. That is what our lives are to be about.

And So, with this in mind: Start where people actually are, not where you wish they were. Jesus never rushed perception. He honored the slow growers. He welcomed the skeptics. He challenged the quick responders. The bell curve is not a problem, it is a map. Trust the Spirit’s quiet work. Like roots beneath the soil, the Spirit often works invisibly before He works visibly. Your task is faithfulness, not speed. Use creation as a bridge. People who resist doctrine often respond to beauty. People who fear religion often trust wonder. People who doubt Scripture often soften when they see God’s fingerprints in the world around them. Creation opens the door; Christ walks through it. Remember that discipleship is formation, not information. A disciple is not someone who merely understands God but someone who increasingly reflects Him, like nature reflects God’s character.

Pray we consider where the people in our lives sit on the curve. Pray we consider where we see God already speaking to them through creation. Pray we consider where the Spirit is quietly germinating faith beneath the surface. Pray that this kind of reflection with Jesus teaches us to see people as He sees them, not as projects, but as seeds growing in the faith. Pray God give us patience for slow perception, courage for deep conversations, and eyes to notice how Your creation is already preparing hearts for Your kingdom. Pray God make us faithful disciple‑makers who trust God’s timing, Jesus’ love and the Holy Spirit’s work. Pray in hope of a time when every knee shall bow and tongue confess in recognition of Jesus as the new creation transforms us all. Amen.

Blessings,

John Lawson