728b On Christmas Eve, 1968, the crew of Apollo 8 gazed at a blue marble suspended in the infinite black expanse of space. That was earth. That was home. From the confines of their tiny metal capsule, staring in wonder at the smallness of our planet 240,000 miles away, they read aloud the opening sentences of Genesis. To hear the creation account while seeing earth from this “God’s eye” perspective does indeed kindle a fresh sense of wonder at God’s power. But the most wondrous thing about the creation is not how far His power extends across galaxies, but how far down His love extends to the creatures on one tiny planet. As David said in Psalm 8:3-4 (NIV) 3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, 4 what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them? It is clear in the opening of Genesis that the purpose of the creation was humankind. God made us to love us. It is clear He wants a relationship with each of us, and Genesis is the opening chapter of a story that shows the incredible lengths to which God will go to save us so that we can have a relationship with Him forever. Amid the thousands and millions and billions of galaxies, stars and planets spinning across the immense distances of our ever-expanding universe, we are less than dust motes in comparison, yet we are the ones made in God’s image, we are the ones He loved enough to die for, and it is our hearts He jealousy treasures. If that is the value God places on you in all of the universe, how important do you think your relationship with Him should be in your universe? Make this the year that you give God His proper place in your life. https://youtube/watch?v=J_hRRiXKdqc&authuser=0 -From Scott Franks
Posted on: Thu, 01 Jan 2015 00:30:08 +0000
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