Exactly one year ago, I did a TGIF on the southern migration pattern of the Monarch butterfly in the wintertime that I had just read about. Then this past fall I did a TGIF on what I believed was the most beautiful full moon I had ever seen as Cindy and I were driving home after going out for dinner that evening. That turned out to be the Harvest full moon, and I learned a lot about the special supermoons that appear larger and brighter due to their closer proximity to earth. I also learned that these supermoons and most full moons were named and all had special meaning due to their season of occurrence and other local cultural values.
Today, I am going to do another follow-up on one of God’s miracles that He provides in our life that we often take for granted, and may not appreciate God’s awesome goodness that benefits our lives on a regular basis. This miracle comes from my Max Lucado devotional and is titled God Cares About You. As always, Max begins with scripture:
Matthew 6:26 – Look at the birds in the air. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, but your heavenly Father feeds them.
Max then continues Consider the earth! Our globe’s weight has been estimated at six sextillion tons (a six with 21 zeroes). Yet it is precisely tilted at 23 degrees; any more or any less and our seasons would be lost in a melted polar flood. Though our globe revolves at the rate of 1,000 miles per hour or 25,000 miles per day or 9 million miles per year, none of us tumbles into orbit.
As you stand observing God’s workshop, let me pose a few questions. If He is able to place the stars in their sockets and suspend the sky like a curtain, do you think it is remotely possible that God is able to guide your life? If your God is mighty enough to ignite the sun, could it be that He is mighty enough to light your path? If He cares enough about the planet Saturn to give it rings or Venus to make it sparkle, is there an outside chance that He cares enough about you to meet your needs?
God’s world is indeed awesome in so many ways that we cannot begin to understand or appreciate all that He accomplished in creating a world in six days that has sustained human life for such a long time, and will continue as well long into the future. God’s world also provides all the animal life that He has used to sustain us, and also for us to have as pets in our lives for our friendship and companionship. The same is true for all the food options that God has provided to sustain our lives. May we continue to appreciate and accept all of God’s miracles in our lives, both large and small. May we also carefully consider our answers to the underlined questions that Max raises in this daily devotional – your eternal life depends on your answers!