Psalm 19:1-3 "The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. (2) Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. (3) There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard."
I love to step out at night and just look up into the heavens. The view
up into the sky at night shows me without a doubt that God's glory is all
around us. As I look up at the stars, I try to remember that God, in His infinite
wisdom, strategically placed each star and planet. The Prophet Isaiah
spoke it in this manner, "Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath
created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them
all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not
one faileth." (Isaiah 40:26)
He calls each star by name. Think about that. I cannot even count them, but He
knows them all by name. Now we get into the personal aspect of that part
of creation which we call nature. Yes, He knows each star by its
name. Then we think about the sparrows. We sometimes tend to even
overlook them; yet Jesus tells us, "Are not two sparrows sold for a
farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your
Father." (Matthew 10:29) They are such a small bird and in such
abundance that we do not even think about their value. Our Heavenly
Father sees each time a tiny sparrow falls down. Does Jesus care? Oh Yes!
He cares! He even cares about the stars in the sky and the sparrows in
the air.
Now where am I going with this? How does this apply to us in our everyday walk?
Let me go back to Matthew and add two more verses to verse 29. "Are
not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the
ground without your Father. (30) But the very hairs of your head
are all numbered. (31) Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value
than many sparrows." (Matthew 10:29-31) If our Heavenly Father knows
the stars by name and sees each sparrow as it falls and knows even the number
of hairs on our head, does it not stand to reason that if He is interested
enough to know the number of hairs on my head that He also is interested in my
deepest cares and thoughts and struggles of life?
So what should be my response to all this? What do the heavens declare? What
does each rising of the sun declare? What do the sun, moon, and stars declare?
"There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not
heard." Throughout the world, even in the darkest place on earth,
the voice of all creation boldly and loudly declares the absolute sovereign
glory of our Heavenly Father, the LORD of all creation! If nature
declares His glory, should we not also be about our Father's business by
publicly and boldly declaring the glory of our Lord? I think yes, we
should. What do you think?