MARCH 12, 2015
Hand
Me The Binoculars!
The
heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork. —Psalm 19:1
Read:
Psalm
19:1-6
When I was in
elementary school my friend Kent and I would often spend time looking at the
night sky with a pair of German-made binoculars. We marveled at the stars in
the sky and the mountains on the moon. All throughout the evening we took turns
saying, “Hand me the binocs!”
Centuries earlier a Jewish shepherd boy looked up at the night
sky and also marveled. He did not have a pair of binoculars or a telescope to
aid him. But he had something even more important—a personal relationship with
the living God. I imagine the sheep quietly bleating in the background as David
gazed skyward. Later he would write the inspired text: “The heavens declare the
glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork. Day unto day utters
speech, and night unto night reveals knowledge” (Ps. 19:1-2).
In our busy schedules, we can so easily forget to stand in awe
of the heavenly beauty our Creator has prepared for our enjoyment and His
glory. When we set aside time to look at the night sky and marvel at what is
there, we gain a deeper understanding of God and His eternal power and glory.
We believe that this is Your world, Lord. We marvel at You and
Your creativity when we look at the sky and the world around us. You, and what
You have done, are amazing! We stand in awe of You.
In the wonders of God’s creation, we see His
majesty and His character.
INSIGHT: Charles Haddon Spurgeon wrote this about
David and Psalm 19: “In his earliest days the psalmist, while keeping his
father’s flock, had devoted himself to the study of God’s two great
books—nature and scripture; and he had so thoroughly entered into the spirit of
these two only volumes in his library that he was able with a devout criticism
to compare and contrast them, magnifying the excellency of the Author as seen
in both. . . . He is wisest who reads both the world-book and the Word-book as
two volumes of the same work, and feels concerning them, ‘My Father wrote them
both.’”
Source: Our Daily Bread 2012
