Thursday Thought -- August 28, 2014

Good Morning Friends,

“Lift up your eyes to the heavens, look at the earth beneath; the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment and its inhabitants die like flies. But my salvation will last forever, my righteousness will never fail. Hear me, you who know what is right, you people who have my law in your hearts: Do not fear the reproach of men or be terrified by their insults. For the moth will eat them up like a garment; the worm will devour them like wool. But my righteousness will last forever, my salvation through all generations.” (Isaiah 51:6-8)

Look into the skies and ponder the stability you see there. Every day, the sun comes up and goes down. It works like clockwork. You can count on it to be there. It has never let you down. The moon is always there in its proper place. It goes through its cycles and never misses a one. The stars don’t move from place to place randomly. They follow the order that has been set out for them. It has always been this way and it will always be this way, won’t it?

Look at the earth and ponder the stability you see there. You can drive west and find the Pacific Ocean, east and find the Atlantic. They haven’t dried up. They are the same today as they were for your great-grandfather, and as they were when the Native Americans were the only ones roaming through America. Earthquakes and volcanoes cause some minor shifting of the land, but it remains basically as it has for as long as time has existed. It will always be this way, won’t it?

Surely, if anything can be counted on the earth and the sky can be, can’t they? No, Isaiah warns that they can’t be counted on. The day comes when the skies will vanish like smoke and the earth wear out like a garment. Perhaps we can already see the signs of the earth’s deterioration!

If we can’t count on the earth and skies, what can we count on? There is One whose salvation will last forever, whose righteousness will never fail. There is One who will always be there, even when the skies and the earth are gone. Count on Him. Trust in Him. Look to Him!!

His, by Grace,

Steve