His Great Faithfulness
"In the heavens He has pitched a tent for the sun." Psalm 19:4b HCSB This statement in Psalm 19 is often just read and then goes unmarked and unnoticed. Within this small statement is a huge truth.
The God of all creation provided a specific place for a specific created body. The sun has a job to do: to bring all the elements of light to our tiny globe so there can be life. Obvious. However, when we stop and think we realize everything the Lord created is set in its place and there is a provision for that thing -- large or small. The sun was not just created and hurled into space to be wherever. It was designed and created for its place.
He pitched or created a tent or canopy for it. The sun does not do its job part of the time, it is a continuous expression -- just the right orbit to accomplish what is just right for us. It has a tabernacle in which to live -- it is not free to go where it might -- it is assigned a space to fill for a purpose from the heart of the Father. It has full provision for its purpose.
How wonderful this is. Now, when we realize that such purpose was present and is continuing to be present in the creation, it will awe us to realize our lives are also pregnant with His purpose. He did not create me or you to just live and do the best we can. The Bible says that was done in His mind before the foundation of the world. (Eph. 2:4) So it was with great and tender purpose He put me (and you) on this globe at this time.
That "tent" or tabernacle or canopy contains the sun's provision. No child of the Father is left to wander about wherever and perhaps stumble upon purpose and design, and grope for provision. We all come from Him and are cared for in Him. "In Him we live and move and have our being." (Acts 17:28) We are to trust Him and to allow Him to reveal His provision for us.
So let us with firm confidence, relax in His hand and allow our worries to float away in His embrace. With such love we were formed, and in such love we live. His great faithfulness will continue for each of us throughout eternity. It is beyond our understanding, nonetheless, it is.
Come to Jesus He will give us rest -- in His great faithfulness!
The God of all creation provided a specific place for a specific created body. The sun has a job to do: to bring all the elements of light to our tiny globe so there can be life. Obvious. However, when we stop and think we realize everything the Lord created is set in its place and there is a provision for that thing -- large or small. The sun was not just created and hurled into space to be wherever. It was designed and created for its place.
He pitched or created a tent or canopy for it. The sun does not do its job part of the time, it is a continuous expression -- just the right orbit to accomplish what is just right for us. It has a tabernacle in which to live -- it is not free to go where it might -- it is assigned a space to fill for a purpose from the heart of the Father. It has full provision for its purpose.
How wonderful this is. Now, when we realize that such purpose was present and is continuing to be present in the creation, it will awe us to realize our lives are also pregnant with His purpose. He did not create me or you to just live and do the best we can. The Bible says that was done in His mind before the foundation of the world. (Eph. 2:4) So it was with great and tender purpose He put me (and you) on this globe at this time.
That "tent" or tabernacle or canopy contains the sun's provision. No child of the Father is left to wander about wherever and perhaps stumble upon purpose and design, and grope for provision. We all come from Him and are cared for in Him. "In Him we live and move and have our being." (Acts 17:28) We are to trust Him and to allow Him to reveal His provision for us.
So let us with firm confidence, relax in His hand and allow our worries to float away in His embrace. With such love we were formed, and in such love we live. His great faithfulness will continue for each of us throughout eternity. It is beyond our understanding, nonetheless, it is.
Come to Jesus He will give us rest -- in His great faithfulness!
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