Cosmic communication

Psalm 19:1–4

I sat gazing up at the universe on a cool, clear spring evening. “What does it all mean?” I pondered. The enormous distances to the stars and planets speak about the Creator’s immeasurable knowledge and understanding. The depth of space tells me something of His unending love. The intricacy of its mechanisms tells me about the creativeness of the One who designed and crafted such precise yet chaotic order. The billions and billions of heavenly bodies are illustrations of the lavishness of His mercy and grace. The piercing light of the planets declares that the blazing, holy love of Jesus, the Morning Star, pierced the darkness of this sin-darkened world. The eons of time that wink back at me, hundreds, thousands and even millions of light years away, bring to mind the never-changing Ancient of Days. The enormous dark spaces between the heavenly bodies are tokens of the unfathomable mysteries that remain forever hidden in the counsel of the Divine.

Take time to listen to the message of the heavens. Day and night they pour forth speech, and there is no place where their voice is not heard (Psalm 19:1–4).

Reflections is a column of brief reflections on Scripture passages. This one is by Dan Hiebert of Northview Community Church in Abbotsford, B.C.

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