"Stargazing"

"The moon and the stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever." (Psalms 136:9)

  At the risk of being out of line, let me say how much I love our President and hate to see what is happening, over and over; they just won't give up until they either cause him to quit or get something to stick! This has got to be some kind of a lesson being taught, as in, if you are not part of the system, don't try to run for office. The whole problem with the system is that it is run and supported by people that are not your average citizen; they are career politicians that don't want anything but more power. That said, this is the catalyst for what God has put upon my heart this morning, more power. There is something the night sky does, besides give us something to gaze upon; it is filled with endless exploration and mystery. If and maybe, have no limits when it comes to something as vast and endless as outer space. Here is the thing that I believe God needs from us that call upon His name, that we would depend less upon what we see and more upon His Spirit! There is so much more to this than just that; but if you are looking for a sign of God's power and might, gazing up into the sky is not going to last beyond the night. As a matter of fact, (this might be where you make the kids leave the room,) there are different powers that rule by night; powers of wickedness and evil, that wait to creep around in the darkness and disrupt what happens in the light. I know, that is a whole lot of nonsense and boogyman stuff that our parents told us when we were kids. There is something Jesus said to His disciples, as He was planning to go and raise Lazarus from the dead, He said, "Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of the world. But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him." (John 11:9-10) If you really want to know what power looks like, this is the link to the what is the most important thing, the end of your life! In other words: You are here for as long as God says that you are here! When it's your time, it's your time; Jesus was telling His disciples that it was not yet His time; which, by the way has so much to do with Stargazing, to try and tell the future and predict future events. Weird, I know, but it all comes down to who it is that you trust, and whether or not your trust is in Him alone...

""I have had one message for Jews and Greeks alike -the necessity of repenting from sin and turning to God, and of having faith in our Lord Jesus. And now I am bound by the Spirit to go to Jerusalem. I don't know what awaits me, except that the Holy Spirit tells me in city after city that jail and suffering lie ahead. But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus -the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God."" (Acts 20:21-24) NLT