The Hubble

"The heavens are telling of the glory of God; and their expanse is declaring the work of His hands." Psalm 19:1 David, the psalmist, inspired by God, wrote these amazing words about the heavens that you and I can see with our eyes alone. They are breath taking. Don't you love to sit on a clear night out away from city lights and just worship God for what He has created that you can see in the sky? I am overwhelmed by its majesty.

And now, we have the Hubble space telescope. I was blessed to sit in an IMAX Theatre and watch the Hubble movie yesterday. WOW. What it has found is beyond comprehension. The film spoke of billions of years - billions of light years away where some of the objects are. I can't get my head around that. My circuits blow just thinking of it.

And then it came to me. God is eternal. He always has been. At some point out of the amazing heavens He decided to form earth. They called it an oasis in the heavens. Hubble went out to see if there was another planet like earth in all the expanse of heaven. There was none to be found. God created this planet and its "unique in the universe" characteristics, making a perfect place for the human to live. The human made in His image. The human who would need water and air and sunshine and all the amazing living things on this earth. And the living things would need man. He created a system of inner dependence to call out to us from the heavens, asking us to depend on Him. He would walk with man. Man would sin and be seperated from God. He would come in the person of Jesus Christ to save man. Jesus would return to God and the Holy Spirit would come and be God livng in us as we journey on this earth. Fellowship with God personally, daily, moment by moment was once again available to those who would stop and be with Him! And all who will put their trust in Jesus will return to God when they leave this place. Just think what the view from God's throne must be!

By faith, I know that one day I will see that view. Paul tells believers in Jesus in Ephesians 2:5, "Even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up with Him and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus..." Chapter 1 tells us that Jesus is sitting at the right hand of God! We will see the view!

Don't get bogged down on planet earth. Look up! Read the Psalms and be blessed to be reminded that God's heavens are amazing - the Hubble has shown us pictures of what we could have never imagined! "Eye has not seen and ear has not heard what God has planned for those who love Him." (I Corinthians 2:9) The reward will be worth any sacrifice your choice for God costs you in this life!