•Saturday, November 13, 2010
"For great is your love, reaching to the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies." Psalm 57:10 NIV
When David wrote these words, there were no high-powered telescopes or satellites to send back pictures from space. There was simply a vast canopy covering the earth, a mysterious open space that made the ceiling of the world. The sky wore many faces: blue on a sunny day, with puffy white clouds flitting past; gray and dismal when rain threatened; dark at night, sometimes with a sprinkling of stars or the pale illumination of a silver moon. Even more vast and unknown than the sea, the sky was the greatest concept the psalmist could fathom.
He used this metaphor to illustrate the incredible, immeasurable depth of God's love for us. And not only his love, but his faithfulness. When God makes a promise, we can count on him to keep it. When he promises that his love never fails, that his forgiveness has no limits, and that he will never leave us, we can rest in the assurance of these truths. He blesses us beyond what we deserve, is faithful to us even when we fail and deny him.
How often do we take the time to meditate on the marvelous scope of God's faithfulness and love? How often do we stop long enough to sing his praises, to thank him with hearts full of gratitude? When the demands of our schedule consume our energy, or when the stresses of uncertain times burden us, we need to remember God's faithfulness and be comforted and strengthened.
When David wrote these words, there were no high-powered telescopes or satellites to send back pictures from space. There was simply a vast canopy covering the earth, a mysterious open space that made the ceiling of the world. The sky wore many faces: blue on a sunny day, with puffy white clouds flitting past; gray and dismal when rain threatened; dark at night, sometimes with a sprinkling of stars or the pale illumination of a silver moon. Even more vast and unknown than the sea, the sky was the greatest concept the psalmist could fathom.
He used this metaphor to illustrate the incredible, immeasurable depth of God's love for us. And not only his love, but his faithfulness. When God makes a promise, we can count on him to keep it. When he promises that his love never fails, that his forgiveness has no limits, and that he will never leave us, we can rest in the assurance of these truths. He blesses us beyond what we deserve, is faithful to us even when we fail and deny him.
How often do we take the time to meditate on the marvelous scope of God's faithfulness and love? How often do we stop long enough to sing his praises, to thank him with hearts full of gratitude? When the demands of our schedule consume our energy, or when the stresses of uncertain times burden us, we need to remember God's faithfulness and be comforted and strengthened.
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