We all know that all good things come from God. We just accept this and give it little thought. How profound is this reality.
The universe, containing over 40 billion trillion stars, that science is aware of, is comprised of the “stuff”, in varying amounts and combinations, of the Elements listed in the Periodic Chart. This comprises perhaps 20% of the known universe; the rest being made up of dark matter and dark energy; of which science has no fundamental understanding. How profound is this reality.
In God’s design of His Universe He has built in mechanisms for stars to be born, live their lives, and to die a violent death. Their death creates an explosion far more powerful than any person could possibly comprehend. How profound is this reality.
This “star stuff” is scattered into the Universe. It formed our planet and through other mechanisms He created, He created us. How profound is this reality.
WELL, PONDER THIS REALITY, Psalm 103 –
14. “For He knows how we are formed, remembers that we are dust.
15. Our days are like the grass; like flowers of the field we blossom.
16. The wind sweeps over us and we are gone; our place knows us no more.”
Because of our ego and pride we are sometimes stealing God’s glory – thinking of the good we do as coming from ourselves. We almost constantly rely on our own intellect and seldom stop and ask the God of Creation what He thinks about this or that. People think they know what is best for them – people are wrong – only God knows what is best for every single person on planet earth. If we spent more time listening to God and cooperation with Him and less time listening to ourselves and doing what we want this world would be a much better place for all of us.
Many of us need to stop relying on ourselves. God has all the answers – perfectly. He is patiently waiting for us to ask Him so He can guide us in changing our world. We all need to take personal responsibility for making or allowing the world to become what it has. We all need to take a personal responsibility in doing what we can to change it into what God wants it to be. Ask Him what you can do to make the world a better place. If you are doing something every day to make things better, than that is great. Also, we need to pray for our leaders so all laws are in alignment with the 10 Commandments.
We are just stardust – nothing more. We can do nothing good without God’s help. We need to stop relying on ourselves and recognize that what makes us powerful is God acting through each and every one of us. Everything good that we think and do comes from God. Before we go to sleep (You can remind yourself to do this by setting an alarm on your mobile device or something else) we should all take a minute or two and thank God for working through us to bring love, understanding, and compassion into the lives of others. We should always give God the glory for all the good we do because without Him we are just stardust.
