Finally....the long anticipated Spring Break has finally arrived for me!
My parents came to Bethel University to pick me up, and we started to
take the 5 hour drive back home. We were almost home, when my dad pulled
the car over to the side of the highway. It was about 9:00 pm and
almost everything outside was pitch black.....everything but the sky. As
I looked out the window I saw beautiful shades of blue, purple and
green dance across the night sky. I saw the Northern Lights! As I
stepped out of the car and into the chilly night air, I could do nothing
but just soak in the beauty of these magnificent lights. I kept
thinking, "Wow...God is so awesome." It's impossible for me to wrap my
mind around how amazing He truly is. It absolutely baffles me how people
can think that this world was created by mistake....by a series of
highly improbably events. While looking at those Northern Lights, it was
so obvious to me that some greater power painted those in the sky. I
don't understand how people can look at those same lights and see
anything less than Intelligent Design. Nature itself is God's general
revelation to us. It screams out that there is a Creator! And not just
any Creator either....He is so massive! Think of the stars for
example.....they aren't just dots painted on a black canvas surrounding
earth. They're huge balls of fire, burning trillions of miles away! And
our galaxy is another example. Do you realize just how big the Milky Way
galaxy is? It's over 100,000
light-years in diameter! If that's not large enough, it's estimated that
hundreds of billions of galaxies exist in the universe. Whoa....
And as if all this weren't big enough,
God can hold it all in the palm of His hand.
That's just how massive our God is! We seldom take the time to remember
simple facts like this. The night sky serves as a constant reminder,
yet we overlook it countless times. I encourage you to take time this
week to praise God for just how big He is!
Who else has
held the oceans in his hand? Who has measured off the heavens with his
fingers? Who else knows the weight of the earth or has weighed out the
mountains and the hills?......."To whom will you compare me? Or who is
my equal?” says the Holy One. Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens:
Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one and
calls forth each of them by name. Because of his great power and mighty
strength, not one of them is missing.
-Isaiah 40:12, 25-26, NIV
Give praise to the LORD, proclaim his name;
make known among the nations what he has done. Sing to him, sing praise
to him; tell of all his wonderful acts. Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice. Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always.
-1 Chronicles 16: 8-11 NIV
