This morning I had an exam in my early class. I love exam days. (Please note: I do not love the exam itself) Exam days usually mean that class gets out early. In my case, class got out really early. I was in and out in roughly 50 minutes. This gave me two hours of free time. (Free time? What does that mean!?) My plans were to go home and take a nap before heading to work. God had other arrangements in mind. I wasn’t surprised. He does this to me a lot.
I went upstairs to my room, plopped on my awesome purple bed, and reached for my spartan blanket. As I slid the blanket over my feet, a dvd fell to the floor. It was a copy of the “How Great Is Our God” talk by Louie Giglio–my friend Ben gave it to me to borrow sometime last week; I hadn’t watched it yet. I went downstairs to turn on the dvd player. (So long nap…how do you feel about rain checks?)
The film covered a lot of amazing things, using astronomy and human anatomy to glorify and magnify our creator! I’m really excited to share with you my favorite part:
There’s a star that is 2.7 quadrillion times larger than planet earth. Giglio goes on to explain just how large 1 quadrillion really is, to give this number some weight:
1 quadrillion seconds ago=30,800,000 YEARS AGO!!!
Now, multiply this by 2.7, and that’s how many planet earths fit inside of this star. Amazing???
Psalm 33.6 “By the word of the Lord were the heavens made, and all their host by the breath of his mouth.”
GOD BREATHS STARS. (I am taking this very literally in order to BLOW UP my image of God). My God is a star breather. I can’t even carry in the groceries in one trip and my God can breathe out MASSIVE stars. Father, you are incredible!
What does this have to do with me? What does this have to do with the world race? This morning I was challenged to ask myself, “How do I view God?” I’ve come to this conclusion: I need to decrease and HE must increase! As I prepare for this trip, i’m tempted to think, “As I travel the (massive) world, I’ll have a bigger view of God.” THIS IS NOT OKAY. I was planning on sitting around until September, perfectly content with putting my God-view-needs-work issue on hold.
Father,
You are MASSIVE. I can’t wrap my head around You–I wasn’t designed to! God, You need to increase, and the only way You can do that is if I decrease. I want to decrease. I want You to be viewed as the GIANT GOD that you truly are…starting with me. God, you breathe stars into existence. I don’t even know how to talk to You after thinking about that. God, You reign. And You do it in such a HUGE way. I love You for it.
Amen!
I take it back…I dont need that nap after all 🙂
