Tim Gustafson: "Unsettled by issues at work and at home, Matt decided to take a walk. The evening spring air beckoned.
As the infinite sky deepened from blue to black, a thickening fog spilled slowly over the marsh. Stars began to glimmer, heralding the full moon rising in the east.
The moment, for Matt, was deeply spiritual. He's there, he thought. God is there, and He's got this. (Night stars).
Some people look at the night sky and see nothing but nature. Others see a god as distant and cold as Jupiter. But the same God who "sits enthroned above the circle of the earth" also "brings out the starry host one by one and calls forth each of them by name" (Isa. 40:22, 26).
He knows His creation intimately.
It is this personal God who asked His people, "Why do you say, Israel, 'My way is hidden from the LORD; my cause is disregarded by my God' "?
Aching for them, God reminded them of the wisdom in seeking Him. "Do you not know? Have you not heard?. . . He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak? (vv. 27-29).
We are easily tempted to forget God. Our problems won't disappear with an evening stroll, but we can find rest and certainty that God is always working toward His good purposes. "I'm here," He says. "I've got you."
Let's pray-
"Thank You, Lord, for a night sky that helps us glimpse eternity. We can't begin to understand it fully, but we know it is there, and know You are there. Help us trust You for what we don't know."
We should give God the same place in our hearts
that He holds in the universe."
(Taken from Our Daily Bread®, © 11/19/2016 by Our Daily Bread Ministries, Grand Rapids, MI. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. www.odb.org)
Today's Bible verses-
(Isa. 40:21, 26 Contemporary English Version)
"Don't you know?
Haven't you heard?
Isn't it clear that God
created the world?
Look at the evening sky!
Who created the stars?
Who gave them each a name?
Who leads them like an army?
The LORD is so powerful
that none of the stars
are ever missing."
Today's quote-
~ O. Hallesby- "Such souls as these have from time immemorial rejoiced to sing:
Thy name, O Jesus, beckons me,
That trusting I shall come to Thee,
In faith and love on Thee lay hold
And deep within my heart enfold.
I call upon Thy name each day,
Where'er on earth I wonder may,
It is for me a house of peace,
Where from all grief I find release."
(Translation by P. A. Sveeggen)
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"You may think you are quite okay
By your "good living" now.
You don't know Jesus is The Way
And to Him you're to bow."
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