I told you yesterday that I was going on a private call with my Father. He always takes time for me and I love it!
The word that kept coming to me over and over again was “consider”. As I say that word to you right now I have to wonder what is the first thing that comes to your mind.
What are you considering?
Maybe it has to do with your job, your family, finances, health, relationship, vacation or education.
When I walked outside early yesterday morning I looked up and the sky was overcast so I couldn’t really see the stars but this morning when I walked out it was clear and the stars were brilliant. I was in process of considering.
The sky brought everything into focus. I needed to consider the One who made all this.
“Lord our Lord, your name is the most wonderful in all the earth! It brings you praise everywhere in heaven. 2 From the mouths of children and babies come songs of praise to you. They sing of your power to silence your enemies who were seeking revenge.
3 I look (consider) at the heavens you made with your hands.
I see the moon and the stars you created.
4 And I wonder, “Why are people so important to you?
Why do you even think about them? Why do you care so much about humans? Why do you even notice them?”
5 But you made them almost like gods and crowned them with glory and honor. 6 You put them in charge of everything you made. You put everything under their control.
7 People rule over the sheep and cattle and all the wild animals.
8 They rule over the birds in the sky and the fish that swim in the sea.
9 Lord our Lord, your name is the most wonderful name in all the earth!” Psalm 8 ERV
It was a private conversation between me and the Father. Me asking why I was so important to Him; He made the stars and the universe, why does He care about me?
I get so busy considering other things that I forget to consider God and His promises. I’m going to live this word, consider, for the next several days. I encourage you to do so as well.
“Jesus said to his followers, “So I tell you, don’t worry about the things you need to live—what you will eat or what you will wear. 23 Life is more important than food, and the body is more important than what you put on it. 24 Look (consider) at the birds. They don’t plant, harvest, or save food in houses or barns, but God feeds them. And you are worth much more than crows. 25 None of you can add any time to your life by worrying about it. 26 And if you can’t do the little things, why worry about the big things?
27 “Think (consider) about how the wildflowers grow. They don’t work or make clothes for themselves. But I tell you that even Solomon, the great and rich king, was not dressed as beautifully as one of these flowers. 28 If God makes what grows in the field so beautiful, what do you think he will do for you? That’s just grass—one day it’s alive, and the next day someone throws it into a fire. But God cares enough to make it beautiful. Surely he will do much more for you. Your faith is so small!” Luke 12:22-28 ERV
Join me today in considering God’s greatness and His goodness. I hope you take time tonight to go out and look at the night sky. Try to count the stars. In all of eternity past they’ve been there, right on the course God designed for them.
If He cares about the stars, the birds, the flowers and the grass CONSIDER how much more He cares for you!
I’ve never considered to look for stars in the morning, we often look for them late into the night.
I’m almost as bad as Kristi and am usually up before the sun. I’ll consider it in the morning, it made me laugh to think of this. There will be a lot of things to think of.
So glad you’ll be considering this with me in the morning. Our God is so great and He’s also so gracious to be concerned with the little things in our lives.