God Does Not Hide Himself

Every night, on my long lonely walk from work back to the dorms, I pause on the top of the hill and take a moment to look at the stars. They are so beautiful, and awe inspiring. Cultures all over time and space have been fascinated by the stars since the very beginning, and every person has spent even a single moment looking up at the stars in wonder. And why should we? Each twinkle is like a beckoning friend, evoking curiosity and wonder in our hearts. For some this leads to a calling for the galaxies and beyond; for others, it's a cause to celebrate, for as it says in Psalm 19:


"The heavens declare the glory of God; 
   the skies proclaim the work of his hands. 
 Day after day they pour forth speech; 
   night after night they reveal knowledge. 
 They have no speech, they use no words; 
   no sound is heard from them. 
 Yet their voice goes out into all the earth, 
   their words to the ends of the world. "


How amazing is that? The stars are so bright and beautiful as it is, but they were MADE to point us towards the everlasting Light that will never burn out or explode into nothingness. Not only that, but "He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name. " (Psalm 147:4) How awesome is that? He told Abraham to count the stars in the heavens, or the sands on the shore, and Abraham couldn't, but God could. And He does! 


Not only does He count the stars, and name each one, but he also records every tear we cry (Psalm 56:8). Each detail is important to God, from the hugest supernova to the smallest salty tear cried by the loneliest heart.  It's like a massive inventory list of the heavens and the earth. 


With every inventory checklist we do, we come to realize where everything is, in it's place, and we place a value on it. Does not God do the same thing with us? He knew us before our own mothers did, in her womb (Psalm 139:13, Psalm 51:6), and lists our very tears, knows our every breathe. He doesn't even SLEEP for thinking of us (Psalm 121:3-4). IN the book of Matthew, even, we find out just how much more precious we are to Him than the beautiful flowers or the song sparrow (6:26-30).


With how important we are to God, don't you think He'd want us to know Him? To love Him back? He doesn't need our love, but He created us to LOVE us. It is our purpose in life, above all else, to love him in return. The heavens declare the glory of God, His, love for us that is never ending. How much brighter do they seem to us now, now that each glow is a reminder of the Light of Life that burns in our hearts for us each day. 


~Char