Silent Testimony

Psalm 19

In this psalm, David, the author/composer, directs his attention to two witnesses of God's character. The first witness is wordless and voiceless but declares the glory of God to all who will listen. The second witness is one of words and speaks of God's character to all who will read or hear. David begins with the more general testimony of creation and moves to the more specific revelation of the Law.
I find it interesting that people love the first part of this psalm that talks about creation's witness to the glory of God but don't focus much on the second part of this psalm that points out the Law's witness to God's character. David spends more time talking about the witness of the Law than he does about the witness of creation. It would seem that he values or appreciates the Law's testimony more than creation's testimony. Yet we love to focus on God's glory as seen in Creation. I wonder if it is because the Law, or more generally, Scripture, is too convicting. We can delight in the creativity and glory of God in nature without being too convicted but when we read Scripture we don't get very far before we are confronted with our depravity and sinfulness.
My prayer is that I would learn to see God's glory more clearly in creation. I think sometimes I limit creation's testimony to big things like storms and mountains. I want to know God so intimately that I can see his fingerprints in all of creation: in the grass along the coulees, in the ant hill, in the garden, in the park, in the sky and in the dirt. Even as I say that I am convicted because I believe that I will know God more intimately and see him more clearly in creation not by studying creation more but by studying Scripture more. As I learn more about who God is from Scripture I am confident that I will see evidence of him more clearly in nature.
David obviously loves Scripture because it fuels his knowledge of and love of the Lord. With the help of the Spirit, I too will love Scripture and value it more than gold for the same reason; because it points me to Jesus.