It was nothing more than science fiction, but the opening scene with that haunting voiceover - "Space ... the final frontier" - always drew me in. What's really out there? How big is the universe? What exciting discoveries are there to be made?
Psalm 19:1-2 tell us, "The heavens are telling of the glory of God; And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands. Day to day pours forth speech, And night to night reveals knowledge."
Earth-bound inhabitants can discover at least as much as space-faring astronauts. It doesn't take going "out there" to get it; attuning our senses here and now will yield phenomenal discoveries. As the Psalmist reminds us, space continually transmits data regarding God's glory and works.
People of a certain age recall the deeply moving reading of Genesis one from the far side of the moon as astronauts first saw an "earth rise". The familiar scene of the earth hanging in space against the stark backdrop of the eternal darkness of space speaks volumes as to the glory and majesty of our Creator.
Romans 1:20 contains a similar message to Psalm 19:
"For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse."
Our Father has provided ample evidence for His existence to those intuitive enough to see and understand. The skeptic ignores the clear evidence to his or her eternal peril.
The heavens ARE declaring the glory of God, and what an amazing message it is. It's considered that there are over 100 billion stars in our Milky Way galaxy alone, and our galaxy is only one of billions in the universe. It is estimated that we travel at 900 miles per hour on the earth as we orbit around Sun. It takes several minutes for sunlight to reach us traveling at the speed of light (186,000 miles per second). As we look up at the stars at night, that starlight has traveled considerable distances for many years to reach our eyes at the exact time that we look at them. The closest star to us - Alpha Centauri - is 4.4 light years away, which means that the light from that star which reaches our eye (although it cannot be seen with the naked eye) began it's journey 4.4 years ago.
SO ... if the universe is this large, expansive, and delicately balanced, imagine the God who created it all! It gives a fresh perspective to our estimation of an infinite Creator. But also consider: the One who created billions and billions of stars and galaxies and placed them at impossible distances from one another knew you before you were born and even knows the very number of the hairs on your head. Nothing is too large or small for our Father.
Pondering the Creator and the creation can lead to only one response: "Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my rock and my Redeemer" (Psalm 19:14).
Steve
©Steve Taylor, 2012
Psalm 19:1-2 tell us, "The heavens are telling of the glory of God; And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands. Day to day pours forth speech, And night to night reveals knowledge."
Earth-bound inhabitants can discover at least as much as space-faring astronauts. It doesn't take going "out there" to get it; attuning our senses here and now will yield phenomenal discoveries. As the Psalmist reminds us, space continually transmits data regarding God's glory and works.
People of a certain age recall the deeply moving reading of Genesis one from the far side of the moon as astronauts first saw an "earth rise". The familiar scene of the earth hanging in space against the stark backdrop of the eternal darkness of space speaks volumes as to the glory and majesty of our Creator.
Romans 1:20 contains a similar message to Psalm 19:
"For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse."
Our Father has provided ample evidence for His existence to those intuitive enough to see and understand. The skeptic ignores the clear evidence to his or her eternal peril.
The heavens ARE declaring the glory of God, and what an amazing message it is. It's considered that there are over 100 billion stars in our Milky Way galaxy alone, and our galaxy is only one of billions in the universe. It is estimated that we travel at 900 miles per hour on the earth as we orbit around Sun. It takes several minutes for sunlight to reach us traveling at the speed of light (186,000 miles per second). As we look up at the stars at night, that starlight has traveled considerable distances for many years to reach our eyes at the exact time that we look at them. The closest star to us - Alpha Centauri - is 4.4 light years away, which means that the light from that star which reaches our eye (although it cannot be seen with the naked eye) began it's journey 4.4 years ago.
SO ... if the universe is this large, expansive, and delicately balanced, imagine the God who created it all! It gives a fresh perspective to our estimation of an infinite Creator. But also consider: the One who created billions and billions of stars and galaxies and placed them at impossible distances from one another knew you before you were born and even knows the very number of the hairs on your head. Nothing is too large or small for our Father.
Pondering the Creator and the creation can lead to only one response: "Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my rock and my Redeemer" (Psalm 19:14).
Steve
©Steve Taylor, 2012
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