The Voyager
1 spacecraft, which was launched in 1977, is on the outer edge of our solar
system more than 10 billion miles away. In February 1990, when Voyager 1
was almost 4 billion miles from us, scientists turned its camera toward Earth
and took some pictures that revealed our planet as an almost imperceptible blue
dot on a vast sea of empty space.
In the
immense reaches of our universe, Earth is just a minuscule speck. On this
seemingly insignificant pebble in the ocean of galactic objects live more than
seven billion people.
If this
makes you feel insignificant, God has some good news. Tucked into one of
David’s psalms is a rhetorical question that can allow you to step out into the
night air, look up at the sky, and rejoice. Psalm 8:3-5 tells us that we are
superstars in God’s eyes: “When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your
fingers, . . . what is man that You are mindful of him? . . . You have crowned
him with glory and honor.” Soak that in! God—who spoke into existence a
universe so vast that the Hubble telescope hasn’t found the end of it—created
you, and He cares deeply for you. He cared enough to ask Jesus to leave heaven
to die for you.
Look up
in wonder at God’s creation and praise Him that He crowned you with glory
through His Son Jesus.
We see
the power of God’s creation; we feel the power of His love. (RBC)
