The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament shows His handiwork. Day unto day utters speech, And night unto night reveals knowledge. There is no speech nor language Where their voice is not heard. Their line has gone out through all the earth, And their words to the end of the world. (Psalm 19:1-4 NKJV)

If you go outside on a clear night and look up, what do you see? Are you like Pumbaa from Disney's 'The Lion King' and see "balls of gas burning billions of miles away"? Or are you like his buddy, Timon that always thought they were fireflies that got stuck in the sky? Or maybe you take a more scientific approach and think of them as huge natural nuclear reactors. When I look up into the night sky, I see the glory of the Lord of all creation, maker of heaven and earth.

The book of Psalms says that the heavens declare the glory of God. The book of Romans says, "For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine nature--have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse. " (Romans 1:20 NIV) We can see from this passage that God placed them there to show us His glory. That way we would have no excuse for not worshiping Him. For we look at the vastness of space and the billions upon billions of stars and we have to remember that He laid out the heavens. "He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea. He is the Maker of the Bear (the Big Dipper and the Little Dipper, constellations in the northern sky of the northern hemisphere) and Orion (a constellation in the eastern sky of the northern hemisphere), the Pleiades (a star cluster in the eastern sky of the northern hemisphere) and the constellations of the south." (Job 9:8-9 NIV) He alone made the stars and put in them into configurations that we could recognize so we could find our way around the earth that He made. He holds the universe in the palm of His hand. That is unfathomable to me. I can't even comprehend how big God is. Or how powerful. Look at the account of creation in Genesis 1. Genesis says that God spoke and the universe came into being. I don't know about you, but I have a hard time getting things to come out right when I make them with my hands and power tools. But God spoke all that is into being and the Word says that it was good, or perfect. I find that to be awesome.

How can you look into the night sky and see the stars and not be in awe of Him. Scientists believe that there are more stars in the known universe than there are grains of sand on the face of the planet. This includes ocean floors and deserts, etc. But we serve such wondrous and wise God that He knows each of the 100 billion trillion stars (that is 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 stars) by name. Psalm 147:4 says, 'He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name.' I'm lucky if I can remember the names of everyone in my church (and it is pretty small), there is no way I could remember each star's name. Even if I could know it. But we serve an all powerful, all knowing God.

But the thing is, with all of His power and all of His wisdom. That is not all of His glory. What did the Psalmist say? "Not to us, O Lord, not to us but to your name be the glory, because of your love and faithfulness." (Psalm 115:1) To His name be the glory because of His love and faithfulness. You see, He is a sovereign King. He is THE Sovereign of all kings. There is none that is higher than He. When Adam fell, He could have wiped the slate clean and started all over. Who would have questioned Him? Who would have had the authority? No one. But yet, He loved us so much that He paid the price for us to be able to come into His presence once again. THAT is His glory!! He is, as one of the ancient desert fathers once said, Most Omnipotent, Most Holy, Most Righteous, Most Omniscient, Most Sovereign, Most Loving, Most Faithful, Most Gracious, Most Kind. Even though if He but close His hand we would cease to exist and no one would be able to question or blame Him, He loves us so much and desires fellowship with us so much that He paid the ultimate sacrifice to redeem us to Himself. And on top of that, He doesn't force a relationship with Him on us. We can still choose to reject Him if we please. Even once we accept Jesus as our Lord, we don't HAVE to work on the relationship or serve Him. But He desires it enough that He will continue to call.

Let us recognize His Glory, His love and give Him the love and worship that He desires.