Stars
When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your
fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have ordained, what is man that You
are mindful of him, and the son of man that You visit him? For You have made
him a little lower than the angels, And You have crowned him with glory and
honor. Psalms 8:3-5
With the weather in the brief span of time that passes for
spring in West Texas, I am spending more time outside. I love to walk outside
or lay on the grass and look up at the stars. Stars are just cool. They are
beautiful and powerful and draw our attention in an almost hypnotic way. My
children could spout lots of cool scientific facts about stars and how big they
are, how far away they are and how long it takes the light from them to reach
our eyes, but I am not going to put those numbers here. If you want them you can look them up or call
my children.
Louis Giglio has an amazing video on the web that talks about
the relative sizes and distances of different stars I am blown away when I
watch it. The thing I come away with is
awe at the power and majesty of God. God keeps galaxies with vast numbers of
stars in perfect alignment, and yet we are fearful that he doesn’t have the
power to answer our prayer. We may go to the other extreme and say that he is
too busy or we are too insignificant.
The reality is that neither of these things is true. The psalmist has
such a beautiful expression of this. Read it again.
When I consider Your
heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have
ordained, what is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You
visit him? For You have made him a little lower than the angels, And You have
crowned him with glory and honor. Psalms 8:3-5. Psalms 147:4 says He counts the
number of the stars; He calls them all by name. Psalm 19:1 says, the heavens
declare the glory of God. The writer
goes on to describe how God made a tent for the sun like a bridegroom coming
out of its chamber.
We are the crowning accomplishment of this creator. It was
for us that he sacrificed the one most precious to Him. He wrapped his power, so
great it can keep billions of stars and galaxies operating, in humility and
weakness for us. How dare we allow the enemy to make us feel insignificant! He
has called us to be his children and invited us to share eternity with him.
Take him at this word.
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