the vastness of God.

If you stepped outside last night then you must have seen the Supermoon. It was kind of hard to miss. If you didn’t step outside, then you missed something beautiful and amazing! And you might not see the moon that bright again until 2034, resources say.

As I was looking at the moon last night (and the nights before), I couldn’t help but to think about how amazing our God is, the Creator of the Universe. I was thinking about how vast He is, how He created the moon and the stars, and how He created all the galaxies that we cannot see. Not just that, but how even though He created the Universe and all that is within it, He still loves and cares for us.

Psalm 8:3-4 says, “When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?”

I read somewhere that the universe is so vast that it would take 40 billion years to travel at the speed of light. 40 BILLION YEARS!!! I can’t even wrap my head around that. And to think that God placed every star in place by His fingers. God’s greatness is so far outside our limited thinking that we won’t ever truly be able to understand how magnificent and great He is! He is so much larger than anything we will ever know.

And it blows my mind that the God that created 40 billion years worth of galaxies and hand placed each star, wants a personal relationship with us and loves us enough to send His son to die on the cross for our sins.

And though we are sinful, though we are flawed, though we constantly fail Him, and though we place things before Him, He still wants that relationship and He still pursues us.

I don’t know about you, but when I think about all of this, I wonder how can we place anything before our God and how can we pursue worldly things before the Creator of the Universe. I guess it’s because of our natural sinful self. It’s because of the flesh and spiritual battle that takes place (and we let the flesh win).

But I am so thankful for His GRACE! We don’t deserve His mercy and grace, but oh am I so thankful that the Creator still wants a relationship with me even after I fall short.

So the next time we step outside and see the moon and the stars, let that serve as a reminder of how magnificent and great our God is! Let that remind us to put Him first. And let that serve as a reminder that even though we may feel insignificant and small, He still loves us and wants a relationship with us.

I might not ever be able to wrap my head around the vastness of His love, but I am so thankful that He does love us and that He does extend His grace. Because really, He is the only thing life is about. He is all that matters. If we have nothing, we still have Him.