Thoughts for another day

Sept. 28, 2009

Today's verse: Amos 9:6. It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name. (KJV)
(Pls. read the above before you read further. Thanks)

We sing the song, ‘Our God is an awesome God.’ We rejoice in Him for His awesomeness which is there for all to see. In the morning when the sun rises and the earth is filled with its brilliance, we marvel at God’s Hand which created the sun and set it in the sky to provide light to the universe. We see the deep blue firmament the Master Creator created with tranquility untold yet, with such thrilling hues so as to stun the eyes and titillate the senses. Even when it’s filled with dark ominous clouds we marvel at His amazing power that creates those clouds, so laden with water, yet staying up there, defying as it were, the Creator’s diktat of gravity; but then only the clouds are free from gravity and that too only till He rips them open and the rain gently trickles down thousands of meters to earth, but both man and animal are gently massaged by the ‘downpour’.

So also in the night the twinkling of the stars, tell us the story of the vastness of the Creator’s universe. They are so far away as to be blanked out from earthlings’ eyes, but they prevail in shining light adorned as design accessories across the cape of the night sky as only the awesome designer can imagine. Behold the moon with nothing reflective on it, yet reflecting the light of the sun onto earth! Don’t you think it is a marvel?

On earth we witness the greatness and wonder of the Creator in what we see: Huge mountains and rocks witnessing the passage of time mutely as it were; garnished with trees, little and huge as a canopy on these dry muddy mountains. Then we see the oceans with their majesty, sometimes gently lilting to the tune of the breeze and sometimes ferociously churning tons of water within seconds and destroying everything in its path. Tell me who can withstand the power of the waters when they are enraged; yet, for God it is water in a little basin. Such is the Majesty of God my friend and He declares it today in our verse. So let’s bow before Him or may I say, fling ourselves on the ground before Him in awe and reverence and sing Him a song of praise.