What the heavens have to say

I went running this morning and here is what God set before my eyes.

Psalm 19:1 came to my mind:  “The heavens declare the glory of the LORD; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.”  The heavens make known the glory of the LORD.  They set forth His glory for all to see.  But what is that glory?  Could that glory be that in the heavens we catch a glimpse of God’s otherness?  Could it be that in the skies we realize, He is not like us?  As we gaze upon the heavens, we see that He does not work within our limited created parameters.  He is the Creator, totally other than us.

Who else can paint the deep orange center of a rising sun so that the color fades perfectly into a faint pink that tints the clouds on the outskirts?  Who else can suspend in space the sun that is heated to 9,940° F.  Who else can slowly rotate the earth so that the sun’s light and warmth slowly cross over earth’s surface?  Who else can hold back the sun’s descent into the West in order to make the day last longer as He did for Joshua?  Who else is unbound by the time the sun dictates?  Who else is unbound by the warmth the sun provides?  Who else is unbound by the energy source the sun provides for earth’s plants?  Who else is unbound by the complex knowledge of the vast universe? Who else? 

God is other than us.  The heavens declare it and the skies proclaim it.  Let us relish it.  He’s got the whole world in His hands.