Friday Reading: Psalm 19:1-6
Key Verse: Psalm 19:1
1 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the expanse proclaims His handiwork.
Devotion:
How many things have you seen in your life that you have found jaw-droppingly amazing? The more that the Hubble telescope is out there taking pictures of the universe the more amazing things we get to see and the more that we are enriched by God’s beauty. You don’t have to look too long and hard at all of the pictures that come back from Hubble to think that there must be some sort of order to the universe otherwise we would not get to see these amazing pictures.
Last night at our teens club we got to see quite a few amazing pictures of galaxies and nebulas that we could not even dream of. To think that these pictures are of real things out there in the universe and the fact that they are so very far away does not make it any less extraordinary. We saw how man’s attempts at discovery have not gone that far out of our solar system and yet they are ‘long in the tooth’ in our own timelines. The more that I got to see, the more I wanted to see... And then things were put into perspective by showing us the relative sizes of earth and some of the stars that we see in our sky – never mind the galaxies.
And then to top this all off we are reminded that God is the one who is mindful of us; a minute, distant, tiny, undefined spec in the middle of just one galaxy. Out of all of that, He chose to send His Son down to this planet so that we can get to know His love for us! No matter how amazed and insignificant we think we are, that is nothing to how amazed we will be when we fully realise just how significant we really are to God! He chose us. He made this all possible for us. He allows us to see His handiwork. His works must surely make us realise that we are well and truly loved by our awesome God!
Points to Ponder:
How big are you?
Do you know how much God loves you?
