God Revealed . . . Psalms 19

1968 was a troublesome year for the USA. I was a Jr in high school, living in Hobbs, NM, and I remember what a troubled time it was. My older brother, Willie, had been drafted into the army and shipped to Asia to fight in a crazy war.

Here are just a few of the struggles in that historically noteworthy year:

. . . In January, North Korea captured the USS Pueblo, an intelligence gathering vessel;

. . . Also in January, North VietNam launched its TET Offensive against the USA and South VietNam;

. . . In April, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, a man of peace, was murdered in Memphis;

. . . In June, Robert F. Kennedy was murdered in Los Angeles;

. . . The nation was struggling with the expansion of the Civil Rights Act . . . and tensions were high on every side;

. . . In October, during the Olympics in Mexico City, two Black American athletes shocked the world, and embarrassed the US, by staging a silent protest during the Star Spangled Banner in which they raised their fists in defiant protest (bringing politics into the games);

. . . In October, Hollywood got into the act as the TV series Star Trek aired the first interracial kiss on the national airwaves;

. . . Then, on Christmas Eve, Jim Lovell, Bill Anders, and Frank Borman manned Apollo 8 as it was the first manned flight around the moon. As the crew circled the moon, an amazing video of what has since been described as, “the earth rise” was transmitted back to earth and shown on national TV.


Given the season and the historical significance of the mission. NASA administrators instructed the men to say or read something appropriate for the moment. The men read Genesis 1: 1 – 10, which reads:
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
6 And God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.” 7 So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so. 8 God called the vault “sky.”And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.
9 And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so. 10 God called the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.

In spite of how beautiful it all appeared through the lenses of the camera, the world was a troubled place, and on that evening, humanity was confronted with some great, undeniable truths:

1. God’s creation is greater than we can even remotely conceive;
2. The earth is not the center of the universe (nor are we);
3. We actually dwell in a sun centered . . . what is known as a Heliocentric . . . solar system; and
4. There is much more in the universe than a sunrise and a sunset.

A few years back Sandy and I were on a cruise across the Gulf of Mexico. One evening I sat out on the stern and marveled at the night sky . . . without the distraction of city lights. It occurred to me that I was frankly quite ignorant about the universe in which I live. I had read for years of celestial navigation, and yet I was unable to even identify the North Star. That night I made a commitment to educate myself, and upon returning home I began an in-depth study of God’s creation . . . and how it works . . . the Tide coming and going created by the gravatational pull between the sun and the moon and such.

My study has been interesting in that much of what is written on the universe was published by scientists who, by and large, reject the notion of God and cling to theories such as put forth by one Charles Darwin and what is simply known as the “Big Bang Theory.” In Romans 1, the Apostle Paul (one super smart dude) described that lot as, “Professing themselves as wise, they become fools.”

David, the man who God referred to as, “A man after my own heart” says in Psalms 19 that all of creation verifies . . . and glorifies the creator. I am in total agreement!

Make no mistake, “In the beginning, God created the Heavens and the earth.”

He did not ask anyone’s permission or advice. Duh . . . There was no one to ask! He stepped out of nowhere, and stood on nothing, and created all of this . . . from nothing! He did all of that because he is God . . . and He is God all by himself!!! HE DOES NOT NEED OR REQUIRE confirmation or affirmation of any human . . . now or ever. However, if one can simply believe . . . God offers an abiding and enduring relationship to that confessing sinner. I hope and pray that you are not one who is unable to believe. If you are, please tell me some time and allow me a few minutes to tell you about a couple of blind men who never saw a miracle in their lives, but they had heard enough to summons the courage to believe . . . to believe in spite of having lived lives filled with pain, rejection, darkness, set-backs, turmoil, frustrations, and heartbreak. A simple declaration of faith for those blind men forever changed everything!

It did for me too . . .

We can’t even count the stars, yet God calls each one by name . . . by the name He gave it. Here is a thought for you: if God knows those stars by name . . . He certainly knows your name!

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