Psalm 19:4-8
4 In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
6 His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.

The most prominent celestial body in the sky is our sun. This, of course, is due to it's proximity. But this passage says that the sun is also a very happy and excited celestial body. How do I know this? Verse 5 says that the sun is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber. I know how I felt the morning after my wedding night and it definitely wasn't sad or gloomy. Rather I was ecstatic. And I am no athlete but if I was, I can imagine that I would be rather excited to participate in my sport for the big game. Like, I doubt any of the guys in the Super Bowl were thinking, "I wish I didn't have to be here today." They were mostly likely all very excited to be able to play in the Super Bowl.

We now know that the earth's spin is what makes the sun appear to traverse the sky. But I believe the point is that it will always make it's journey from east to west in the sky. It doesn't matter where you live you will see it. You can not hide from it unless you live deep within a cavern. The far north may not get to see it some during the winter, but it always returns in spring. There is no hiding from it. Just as there is no hiding from God. Psalm 139:7-12 says, "Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast. If I say, Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me, even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you." If we can not hide from the sun, why would we think we can hide from God? Anyhow, I digress. With our technological advances, we can now sit in air conditioning and keep cool even in the heat of the Arizona desert. But when the psalmist wrote this, he did not have such comforts. There is no hiding from the heat of the sun when you live in the desert. I live in the Sonoran desert in southern Arizona. During the summer, the temperatures are always in the triple digits. It gets hot. If you are outside, you can't hide from the heat of the sun. Even in the shade it is hot. The core of the sun is 27 million degrees farenheit. The surface is 9000 degrees farenheit. That is the same temperature as the core of the earth. Watch some videos of volcanic eruptions. As the lava flows everything in it's path is incinerated. And it has already cooled a lot by the time it reaches the surface.

The whole point I believe of the first half of this chapter in Psalms is that we serve an awesome God. There is none like Him in all creation. He created the sun, but causes the earth to spin so that we can have some respite from it's heat. But so we would remember that the sun is still there at night, He created the moon to reflect the light of the sun. Let us always remember how awesome our God is. He created the entire universe, holds it in the palm of His hand. Yet He loves us so much that He gave His Son to die for us. He truly is awesome.