GLORY STORY

GLORY STORY

Tell me a story of love and glory
Found at the Cross
Of Christ
Our God

Full of peace and war
Make my spirit soar
Anchored to the Word
Of Christ

Our Lord

Full of sorrow and joy
Make me laugh, make me cry
Listening to my Shepherd’s voice
I’m saved through the blood of Jesus Christ.

Tell me a true story
Of grace and glory
Built on the Rock
Of Christ
Our God

JEFFREE POLLOCK
OCTOBER 27, 2008

All For His Glory

A few years ago I visited a planetarium and remember coming
away with a renewed wonder of God’s creation.  I saw many
pictures taken from large telescopes and even many taken from
space.  The stars are fascinating!  I’ve often looked into the
night sky and wondered about God’s promise to Abraham:
“‘Look up at the heavens and count the stars – if indeed you
can count them.’ Then He said to him, ‘So shall your offspring
be’” (Genesis 15:5).  When Abraham looked into that dark clear
sky, you can be sure he saw a LOT of stars.

But as incredible as our night sky appears, the facts of our
universe quickly become staggering.  During the day we see the
sun – which is really just the closest of all the stars.  Our sun,
though it appears large, is a relatively small star located 93
million miles from Earth.  This distance is about the same as
traveling around the world 4,000 times.  And though this
distance is hard to comprehend, the next nearest star is
270,000 times further away.  But that’s only two of the 200
billion stars in our Milky Way galaxy – a galaxy which would
take light 100,000 years to travel from one end to the other!!

But as incredible as our galaxy appears, the Milky Way is but
one of billions of other galaxies within the Universe.  There
are estimated to be as many galaxies in the Universe as there
are stars in the Milky Way. But as incredible as our Universe
appears…

Genesis 1:1
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”

Just like that, it was done…and it was good.  The Creator spoke
and the Universe appeared.  He then selected one of the billions
of galaxies, one of the billions of stars within the galaxy, and
one of the many planets around this star to create a people to
call His own.  God’s plan from before the foundations of the
world was to create a family who is adopted “as His sons through
Jesus Christ, in accordance with His pleasure and will – to the
praise of His glorious grace” (Ephesians 1:5-6). We who believe
that Jesus Christ died for the forgiveness of our sin become a
testimony of praise to God’s glory and grace.  In the same way,
the immensity of the stars give testimony; “The heavens declare
the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands”
(Psalm 19:1).  I can barely understand the distance to our sun -
let alone the size of our galaxy or the size of the Universe – or
the “size” of our God; “The heavens proclaim His righteousness,
and all the peoples see His glory” (Psalm 97:6).

If we would look up on a clear night we might see that our
perceived status, as well as our varied problems, are all quite
small.  And we might begin to understand our God to be much,
much bigger than we thought.  We might even just shake our
head, as we try to understand His love, and realize this is all for
His glory.

Have a Christ Centered Day!
Steve Troxel
God’s Daily Word Ministries

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