In
three weeks everything seems to have changed. Our country has gone
from boom to bust, almost everything is shut down, people are sick or
dying by the thousands. The government is trying to help us with
money, but as yet there is no cure for this virus. And the worst may
be yet to come. All over this nation people have time to themselves;
perhaps even more than they want or are able to handle.
Yet,
amid all this there is hope. My late Grandmother Gladys used to say:
“Sickness is God’s call to quietness”. And when people are
still, oftentimes they begin to think and think some more.
Look
up, the heavens are vast beyond imagination. Exactly, how do we fit
into it? How does our planet, our country, our town, or for that
matter even ourselves?
King
David was a soldier a statesman, a man of power and most importantly,
a man after God’s own heart. And that heart led him to create the
following Psalm…
Psalm
8 ( World
English Bible
)
Yahweh,
our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory above the heavens!
[2] From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength,
because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.
[3] When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars, which you have ordained,
[4] what is man, that you think of him?
What is the son of man, that you care for him?
[5] For you have made him a little lower than the angels,
and crowned him with glory and honor.
[6] You make him ruler over the works of your hands.
You have put all things under his feet:
[7] All sheep and cattle,
yes, and the animals of the field,
[8] the birds of the sky, the fish of the sea,
and whatever passes through the paths of the seas.
[9] Yahweh, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory above the heavens!
[2] From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength,
because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.
[3] When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars, which you have ordained,
[4] what is man, that you think of him?
What is the son of man, that you care for him?
[5] For you have made him a little lower than the angels,
and crowned him with glory and honor.
[6] You make him ruler over the works of your hands.
You have put all things under his feet:
[7] All sheep and cattle,
yes, and the animals of the field,
[8] the birds of the sky, the fish of the sea,
and whatever passes through the paths of the seas.
[9] Yahweh, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
The
thinking person will contemplate who he is and how he fits into the
world around him. He will look at the world and ask: Where did this
all come from and is there a design to it and if so, who designed it?
David,
like so many others in the history of the world has sought out God
from his observation of the world around him. That search ultimately
leads to understanding the creator and his will for our lives.
And
oh, yes… the
picture reflects the process of discovery and thought and more
thought until God is revealed to you. And the key to this is that
little hard-to-read directive at the top right of the picture (which
says – bottom left).
Take
your time and THINK and eventually you will seek (through
reading the Scriptures)
and find HIM who created everything in the universe!