Beyond My Imagination, The Immensity of the Universe
I have often stood outside on a clear night and marveled at the beauty and scope of the night sky. I know that I cannot count the stars and yet some of the stars are not stars at all. Instead, most are entire galaxies of their own. Science tells us that there are as many as 100 billion galaxies. Each of those galaxies contain more than 100 billion stars. This boggles my mind.
I often wonder about the purpose of all these stars. Why did God create these galaxies? Mankind can never visit them, they are too far away. They can never provide us any of life’s necessities. All we can do is look at them. They are beautiful but what is their purpose. And what is the purpose of the immensity of the universe.
Could it be that the answer to my question is as simple as this? A Great God needs a big universe to contain the love that He has for His children. Maybe the uncountable stars in the universe are there to illustrate the uncontainable mercies that He has for us. You know His Word does tell us that “His mercies are new every morning.” And listen to this, science also tells us that even now the universe is growing and expanding in size. Wow, what manner of love the Father must have for His children.
In Ephesians 2:4-7 we read; “But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, has raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.”
Let me be bold and say it this way. God loves you so much that he gave His only Son for you. If you trust in Him you can have everlasting life. Therefore, the universe can’t contain “the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.” His grace and kindness toward us are boundless.
“Make a joyful shout to the Lord, all you lands! Serve the Lord with gladness; Come before His presence with singing. Know that the Lord, He is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture. Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name. For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting, And His truth endures to all generations.”
Psalms 100:1-5 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/psa.100.1-5.NKJV
Douglas & Deborah Huff
From Down Where the Pavement Ends
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