Devot. Creation and the Constellations

Hi Folks,

 

I hope you had a great start to your week and were also able to see the Eclipse to some extent:)

 

I was telling someone yesterday that I think the heavenly display was God's way of shouting, "Hello!  I really do exist!"  

 

Psalm 19:1 says, "The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork." 

 

~"Declare" means, "to make known formally, officially, or explicitly;" "to make evident ."  (merriam-webster.com)

 

~"Glory" means, "praise, honor, or distinction extended by common consent";  "worshipful praise, honor, and thanksgiving."  (merriam-webster.com)

 

~"Firmament" means "sky" and "Handywork" means "creation."

 

So to break this verse down, we could read it, "The heavens officially make evident the worshipful praise and honor of God and the skies show His creation."

 

So true with what I saw yesterday!

 

Colossians 1:14-17 states, "In whom we have redemption through his (Jesus')  blood, even the forgiveness of sins:  Who is the image of the invisible God,..... 

 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him (His glory and praise):   And he (Jesus) is before all things, and by him all things consist (means 'hold together')."

The display we saw yesteday was created by none other than God Alone.   The skies were shouting out praise and honor to Him through the display and as God's humble creation, wewere blessed in the process.   I couldn't help but send up a 'thank you' as I watched the skies.

 

Below is the devot. for this week, a 'creation' themed one based on today (felt the Lord wanted me to take this route) and I also included a song link. 

 

 Next Monday I am going to continue our series on trials and adversity.

Pray you have a blessed week!

 

Devot. below used by permission and taken from http://www.icr.org/

 

Song link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRW-jr_PnbQ

"But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen."   2 Peter 3:18    

February 23, 2016 Creation and the Constellations “Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea. Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.” (Job 9:8-9)   The book of Job is the oldest book in the Bible. It is not surprising, therefore, that it contains a number of references to creation and the Flood, for these great events were still relatively fresh in the thinking of Job and his contemporaries. The first of these creation references in Job is our text above, and it is remarkable that it centers especially on the stars and their constellations. Still another constellation is mentioned in Job 26:13: “By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.” Finally: “Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons? Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?” (Job 38:31-33). The term “Mazzaroth” actually means the twelve constellations of the Zodiac.   Thus, God not only created the stars, but arranged them in star groupings that could be used for “signs, and for seasons” (Genesis 1:14). Since God does nothing without a holy purpose, we can be sure that these sidereal signs were not to be used as astrological signs. God’s Word, in fact, forbids the practice of astrology (e.g., Isaiah 47:12-14). The constellations must all in some way have testified of the coming Savior. “For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ” (2 Corinthians 4:6).   Before the Scriptures were given, the testimony of God’s primeval promises had somehow been written indelibly in the heavens, for those in Earth’s earliest ages who had eyes and hearts to see. HMM