"Many put off scripture from themselves, as if it only concerned those who lived in the time when it was written; but if you intend to profit by the word, bring it home to yourselves: a medicine will do no good, unless it be applied." ~ Thomas Watson
Sometimes I choose a small bit of the scripture I read in a day and try to meditate (mull it over) on just that small piece. For today I'm going to choose psalm 33:6, 8-9
By the word of the Lord the heavens were made,
their starry host by the breath of his mouth.
Let all the earth fear the Lord;
let all the people of the world revere him.
For he spoke, and it came to be;
he commanded, and it stood firm.
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. And God said... (Gen. 1:1-3)In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. (John 1:1-3, 14)
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This reminded me of one of my favorite things to meditate on which is the psalm that says "the stars declare the glory of God." I've always took another step with that thought by saying that everything we find as we explore space deeper and deeper, all the stars, galaxies, planets, vastness that is beyond measure, and all the beauty found within scream the glory of God.
ReplyDeleteI've had multiple conversations about whether life exists elsewhere out in the vastness of space. And when I say I don't believe there is, I'm always asked "then why?!?!? why all this...this vast amount of galaxies, all these planets we discover and the ones that are still way beyond our discovery?!?!" And my answer is this:
THEY ALL SCREAM THE GLORY OF GOD.
When we look through our telescopes and our Voyager space probes make the first push ever from humans into interstellar space and yet we realize how small of a distance relatively it has traveled, we can't help but feel small in the midst of it all. And the creator of it all can't help but be glorified in the midst of it all.