Look Up 

Recently, I had an opportunity of a lifetime when some friends sent me to Wyoming on an eight–day elk and mule deer hunt. The camp was located over thirty miles from the trailhead and could only be reached by walking or horseback. It took nine hours to ride in and ten and a half to ride out. The temperature got down to seven degrees and the bottle of water we carried in our backpack was beginning to freeze when we ate our lunch in the field. It snowed seven of the eight days we were in camp. Most days our trips to and from camp were on horseback in the dark. During those rides, I would find myself looking up into the heavens. The stars looked like large diamonds cast across a black satin sheet. The beauties of that land caused a continual flood of scriptures to come to my mind. The starry heavens spoke of: 

(I) The Creator

“And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also” (Genesis 1:16). All that I viewed was not an accident; there was a divine Creator that made every bit of it. There was the sun to rule the day and the moon to rule the night, but the Word of God said, “he made the stars also.” As I looked at that innumerable host of stars I was reminded that my God created each one of them. Each one is peculiar in size, setting, and select course it travels. The Bible says, “All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made” (John 1:3). Everything that I was looking at came from only one source. Genesis 1:1 said, “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” The word “God” means the Supreme God and is used in the plural tense.  The Creator of everything I saw is one God, manifested in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. All that my eyes were permitted to see was saying, “There is a God and He created it all and there is none other” “For all the gods of the people are idols: but the LORD made the heavens” (I Chronicles 16:26). Here the word “LORD” means self – Existent or Eternal God. A man would have to be a fool to look into the vastness of the heaven and say "there is no god. "“The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works” (Psalm 14:1). 

(II) The Creation

“The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament showeth his handiwork” (Psalm 19:1). Looking at the stars, I was reminded of their testimony. The first thing that the heavens tell us about God is His wonder. The heavens enumerate or recount His glory. The word “glory” means splendor, glory, weight, or honor. Who could accomplish such a thing as this and not be worthy of glory and honor? The heavens manifest or announce the workmanship of God. The word “handiwork” means activity by implying a product or property. A creation must have a Creator! Psalm 19:2 tells us of the timing of the testimony. “Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge.” The heavens broadcast a testimony seven days a week, three hundred and sixty-five days a year, non stop since they were created. They will continue to do this until He destroys them. “But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up” (II Peter 3:10). Finally, there is the translation of the testimony, “There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard” (Psalm 19:3). All around the world, every individual, no matter what their race or creed, they are hearing the same testimony in an understandable language. The heavens speak of Him! 

(III) The Creature

Looking at the vastness of the heavens, I realized how little I was. Yet, God takes notice of little me! Job said, “What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him? (Job 7:17). As little as I may appear in contrast to the universe, God has set His heart upon such a lowly creature as I. Unlike the faithful heavens that testify of His wonder and workmanship, I in my sinfulness bring shame to such a worthy name. Yet, God in His mercy sent His Only Begotten Son to take my place on Calvary. He traded His sinless perfection for a shameful state! He died that I might live. The heavens not only speak of a Sovereign, but they tell of a Saviour. Looking at the wonders of the heavens, my heart was broken when I thought how much He must have loved me.