Proverbs 11-13, Psalms 8, Romans 13
My calendar is packed. It has to be. There are problems to solve, deadlines to meet and profits to make. I analyze spreadsheets, time-tables, work orders, and service lists, followed by invoices, purchase orders, receivables and balance sheets. Then, I see the need for more sales, so I consider our database touches, marketing campaigns, call schedules and missed opportunities.
“That’s life,” I think. It has been that way forever and it will always be. “Suck it up. Here, have a drink. Relax”. But God says otherwise.
In an instant, God gives me perspective. The sun shining through the trees, the sunset over the water, the stars in the sky, and the heat of the sun. When i focus on it, I am gripped with wonder.
How does a sequoia grow so tall, or the mountains so massive? Who set the moon, added the stars and brings the rain? “When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,” says the Psalmist (Psalms 8:3).
I know who.
The Psalmist declares him. “When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,” he says (Psalms 8:3).
It is our Lord. Our God!
With that remembrance, with that celebration of his majesty, I find my rightful place in this world. My heart is full and the world is right. Our Lord, our God makes it so.