Watching the full moon on descent this morning and I am amazed at the course the sun, moon, stars and planets have in the sky. It is more elaborate than any freeway system in any major city in the world. Seamen and astronomers having been following their course for millennium.
They all have their specific alignment. Their tracking is sure. Must be some master plan that keeps them in space!
Ya think?
The Master Creator had a plan – “Light be” and there was light. The earth separated from the waters, vegetation grew, man was created and it was all in God’s plan – his plan for relationship, his plan for family.
But man failed to see what God was truly offering and he sought another plan and disobedience to God’s word brought separation and servitude to an evil task master. Man’s plan was one of religion. The main focus of religion tells us that we have to WORK to be accepted by God and that God is angry with us because we aren’t working hard enough.
God’s plan, on the other hand, is one of loving relationship. Father God spoke to his Son and had Him bring a plan of restoration. A plan for our salvation from the power of death and destruction.
“God rescued us from the dark power of Satan and brought us into the kingdom of his dear Son, 14 who forgives our sins and sets us free. 15 Christ is exactly like God, who cannot be seen. He is the first-born Son, superior to all creation. 16 Everything was created by him, everything in heaven and on earth, everything seen and unseen, including all forces and powers, and all rulers and authorities. All things were created by God’s Son, and everything was made for him.
17 God’s Son was before all else, and by him everything is held together. 18 He is the head of his body, which is the church. He is the very beginning, the first to be raise from death, so that he would be above all others. 19 God himself was pleased to live fully in his Son. 20 And God was pleased for him to make peace by sacrificing his blood on the cross, so that all beings in heaven and on earth would be brought back to God.
21 You used to be far from God. Your thoughts made you his enemies, and you did evil things. 22 But his Son became a human and died. So God made peace with you, and now he lets you stand in his presence as people who are holy and faultless and innocent. 23 But you must stay deeply rooted and firm in your faith. You must not give up the hope you received when you heard the good news. It was preached to everyone on earth, and I myself have become a servant of this message.” Colossians 1:13-23 CEV
The sun, moon, stars and planets follow the course that God set for them. The ebb and flow of the tides, the migration of the fish in the sea and the birds in the air, the animals heading for hibernation and the trees and the plants going dormant, are all part of God’s plan and nature thrives.
God’s plan for us is to stay deeply rooted and firm in our faith – confident in our relationship with Him. Nature is our example of the goodness of God. If He cares enough to set an order to the most minute details of creation then He certainly cares about the course our lives take.
“For I know the plans I have for you,’ says the Lord, ‘plans for well-being and not for trouble, to give you a future and a hope. 12 Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. 13 You will look for Me and find Me, when you look for Me with all your heart.” Jeremiah 29:11-13 NLV
Thank you Father for the peace we have in Christ and the freedom to stand in Your presence. Thank you for directing our course. Thank you that we are free from religion and have relationship with you.