Matthew and Angie came in from playing and said, “Mommy, we have decided blue and green are God’s favorite colors, because He made so much of them.”
When we look around outside we can see that they were right. There is the blue sky overhead and the green grass and trees everywhere.
The blue sky reminds us of heaven where the Lord Jesus is waiting to take His own children (those who have accepted Him as their Saviour). He said, “I go to prepare a place for you.... I will come again, and receive you unto Myself; that where I am, there ye may be also” (John 14:2-32In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. (John 14:2‑3)).
Green trees, plants and grass remind us of growing. The way children grow is by eating the good food their mothers prepare for them. The good food for growing and learning more about Jesus is the Word of God, the Bible, which we should read every day. Memorizing verses from the Bible helps us to think of them as we work and play. (Matthew and Angie were thinking about the Lord Jesus as they played outside. Can you remember why?) “Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against Thee” (Psalm 119:1111Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. (Psalm 119:11)). Yes, knowing what God has said in His Word can keep us from sinning.
The yellow of the warm sunshine reminds us of God’s love that was shown when He gave up His only Son, Jesus, and His loving care over us every day. “We love Him, because He first loved us” (1 John 4:1919We love him, because he first loved us. (1 John 4:19)).
Let’s not leave out white. Some of us see lots of beautiful white snow in winter. White snow covers over the plants and leaves that have died. This reminds us that the Lord Jesus wants to remove our dark sins and make us white as snow. “Come now ... saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow” (Isaiah 1:1818Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. (Isaiah 1:18)).
Can you remember what each of the five colors reminds us of?
ML-10/25/2009