“The heavens are telling of the glory of God; And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands.” — Psalm 19:1
Eclipse glasses? Check. Moon pies? Check. Last week, we all saw something incredible take place. We saw the sun, the moon, and the earth, perfectly align— creating a solar eclipse. Other than destroying the sun, moving the earth, or moving the moon, there was nothing that was going to stop the eclipse from happening. I read that “According to NASA, experiencing a total solar eclipse where you live happens about once in 375 years.” So, no matter how hard we try, or how hard we want it to happen, there is nothing we can do to align the sun, moon and earth to force an eclipse.
This puts into perspective how “not-in-control” we actually are. We need to accept that there are some things in this life we have no control over. Like when and where we are born, when the sun rises and goes down, and when the geometry of the sun and moon will line up perfectly to cause what we saw last week.
We should be encouraged that we serve the God of the universe who uniquely appointed the places and times we would exist (Acts 17:26). We should be encouraged that we serve the One who created the earth, the sun, and the moon and put them on their individual courses back on Day Four (Genesis 1:16-19). We should be encouraged and thankful that we got to experience God’s glory last week. We watched His handy work from the Fourth Day of Creation! And it happened in the same place in time/history that He chose to make us.
We should also be encouraged and prepared for another event that is coming. An event that (just like the one last week), nobody but God can force or postpone. Joel 2:31 says, “The sun will be turned into darkness And the moon into blood Before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes.” A day is coming when God will make all wrongs right and gather His church, the people who are trusting in Jesus for their salvation, to Himself. Nobody knows when that day will be, but it’s coming.
We’re going to need something (rather, Someone), way better than eclipse glasses to prepare for that day. We need to fully trust that Jesus has paid for our sins and that He will carry us through whatever it takes to bring us to the place He has prepared for us.
Awaiting the next big event in the sky,
Billy
Posted in A Word from the Pastor