Seize the Moment – Day 1270
The Perspective of the Stars!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Friday, September 8.
God has a sense of humor because I’m writing today’s devotion at one in the morning. Not because of any deadline, but because I couldn’t sleep. In response to my sleeplessness, I went outside to look at the stars. The night sky brought me into a place of wonder and worship of God, so I opened my Bible to Psalm 134, which declares, “Behold, bless the Lord, all servants of the Lord, who serve by night in the house of the Lord! Lift up your hands to the sanctuary and bless the Lord. May the Lord bless you from Zion, He who made heaven and earth.”
Looking at the stars never fails to recenter me on God, especially when I’m sleepless. As David expressed in Psalm 8:3-4, “When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained; what is man that You take thought of him, and the son of man that You care for him?” Whatever worry you may have had, it comes into perspective when you look to the stars and allow God to remind you of His sovereignty and immensity. When you can’t sleep, what do you do? Do you toss and turn, stare at the clock, and let your mind wander? Or do you focus your mind on the opportunity to pray, open the Scriptures, and worship God with the unique opportunities of the night?
Seize the moment and pray Psalm 134, meditating upon the beauty of a star-filled night sky and how it captures your attention, takes your breath away, and changes your perspective. Take time to marvel at the mysteries of God’s creation, proclaiming God’s handiwork by the way you shine His light to others in your everyday life – night and day. While you may never “serve by night in the house of the Lord,” you are called to be like those stars, which “appear as light in the world” (Philippians 2:14-15).
God bless you!
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