Please open your Bible and read Psalm 78:1-4.

Little six-year-old Timothy skipped home at a leisurely pace with his older brother. His elementary school was only a 5 minute walk from his house, but it took him a lot longer than that to arrive at home, much to his brother’s chagrin!

It was the first day of spring. The sun shone brightly. The wind whistled gently through the air, and it seemed as though the entire world was blooming … alive after its winter slumber. At seemingly every turn, the natural world around him aroused his amazement and wonder: a dancing butterfly, a fuzzy caterpillar, a colorful flower, all alive with growth and life and wonder!

Sometimes we’re almost like polar opposites of little Timothy when it comes to God. We get accustomed to God’s grace. Blind to His glory. Oblivious to His love. When there’s work, plus family, plus church, plus everything else, it’s easy if we’re not careful to become distracted.

When was the last time you were in awe of God? While must constantly strive to increase our knowledge and understanding of our Lord, we should never lose the sense of wonder at who He is and all He has done for us.

Jesus called the children around Him, “took the children in his arms, put his hands on them and blessed them.” (Mark 10:16) Can you approach Jesus as a child, not with a childlike intellect (1 Corinthians 13:11) but with a childlike attitude? A childlike attitude will keep us humble as we continually are reminded of God’s high exaltation, our lowly place, and (despite of our lowly place) how God has lifted us up with Him when we put our trust in Him, so that He may even call us “friend”. (John 15:15)

“Let the name of the LORD be praised, both now and forevermore. From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets, the name of the LORD is to be praised.” Psalm 113:2-3

Question: What do you admire most about the natural beauty around us, and have you stopped to really see it lately?

by Darren Hewer
used by permission

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• In Awe and Wonder
• Stand in Awe
• Wandering and Wondering

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“I lift up my eyes to the hills — where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.” Psalm 121:1-2

Thoughts on today’s verse

In a world of startling beauty and a universe of dazzling diversity, our hearts are to be drawn back to the One who made it and now sustains it. He knows us and will help us if we will believe what he has tried so many ways to say: “I love you as my child and I care what happens to you and those you love.”

Prayer:

Almighty Creator, Majestic Architect and Eternal Engineer, it absolutely bewilders and delights me to know that you care for me. With all the things of such vast importance, I find your desire to know and love me humbling and assuring. Today I will worship, work, and witness while being aware of your presence and care. Thank you, dear Father, in Jesus name. Amen.

by Phil Ware
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“O Lord my God, When I in awesome wonder, Consider all the worlds Thy Hands have made;

I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder, Thy power throughout the universe displayed.

Then sings my soul, My Savior God, to Thee,

How great Thou art, How great Thou art.”

In the chilled and crisp early morning, I drove into the woods and then walked the last few hundred yards. It was about an hour before dawn and between the lack of moonlight and the canopy of the forest, it was so dark that I could not see anything. I used a small penlight to find the way to my intended location. I hoisted my hunting gear on my shoulders and began the climb up to the top of the hunting stand.

As I got to the top of the ladder, I looked up and froze and awe and amazement, for what I saw could only be the handy work of God. Given the chillness of the night, the lack of moisture in the air, the darkness of the night and the absence of pollution and city lights, the  heavens opened up like I had never seen before.

I looked at the stars, recognized constellations and could only praise the awesomeness of God. As I saw what His hands had made. I thought how the universe displays His power. I could only think of how great He is, as I realized that what I was seeing was only a thumbnail of the universe that can be seen with the naked eye.

With space placed telescopes we constantly see articles about new discoveries in space. Recently astronomers announced the discovery of a fifth planet forty five times bigger than planet earth orbiting a star about the size of our sun, some forty one light years away from earth.

Scientists tell us that the observable universe has been determined to have a width of billions light years and continues to expand at an accelerating rate. When God said “let there be light” He really meant it.

As I sat in the stand, I looked and listened as dawn broke and the forest came to life. As I watched squirrels hop from limb to limb in the majestic trees and heard the birds chirp for the joy of the morning, I could only think that all was created by the hand of God.

My soul began to sing, how great Thou art, how great Thou art.

Thought: Have you taken the time lately to be still in the wonderful of our Almighty God?

By John Grant
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John Grant is a former Florida State Senator and is a practicing attorney

This is a great rendition of the Hymn How Great Thou Art by Hillsong

Then Sings My Soul by Hillsong

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