Psalm 8 tells us, “ When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars you set in place, what are mere mortals that you should think about them, human beings that you should care for them?” Everywhere we look in this immense universe we see the fingerprints of God.
As you look at the breathtaking beauty of the universe and reveal in the awe-inspiring landscape of stars, galaxies and nebulae, you begin to see a calculated work from the Creator of the Universe. While the best scientists and astronomers try to explain its mysteries, David already revealed the answer. He describes the heaven as a silent, eloquent declaration of God’s greatness. Yet, if they are full of wonder, how much more must their Creator be. Not a word is spoken, but the evidence of His majesty is transmitted continually everywhere to everyone. “If you want to know God”, David said, “Look no further than the skies above.”
However seeing and knowing God as the Creator and the Sustainer of the Universe helps us to know who we are as well. The more we get to know God, the more we recognize who we are as finite human beings created and saved by an Infinite God. It means that, even though I can look up and drink in the vastness of that which He created, He still cares about me, a single person floating on a small, pale blue dot.
It means He cares about the big things going on in my life- the cancer that has come back, the money that doesn’t seem to pay all bills, the marriages that have hit rough patches. Yes, He cares about the big things in my life. But He also cares about the small things in my life. He cares about the frustration I feel when an unkind word is said to me. He cares about the joy I experience when I hear my child pray for the first time. Even though this Supreme Being keeps the galaxies, the solar systems, and the planets in their celestial orbits, He still cares. And you know what? He cared so much for us as human beings that He took those hands, those same hands that hung the stars in place, and allowed them to be nailed to a rough wooden cross in order for us to know and to see His love.
So the next time, you are getting up in the morning and the sun is just peeking over the horizon, take a moment to be reminded that the God who created that sunrise is with you. The next time the kids are tucked in bed and the house is quiet, step outside and be reminded of the God to which the heavens declare, “You ain’t seen nothing yet.”. And in the silence of those fleeting moments, experience what it means to know God, our Creator, our Sustainer, Redeemer and our soon coming King.
Originally published in the Winter, 2017 issue of the Texas Conference Flame