The Wonders of God’s Creation
“When I consider Thy heavens, the work of Thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which Thou hast ordained; What is man, that Thou art mindful of him?” Psalms 8:3,43When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; 4What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? (Psalm 8:3‑4).
The wonder with which David looked upward on a starry night remained with him as long as he lived. Not many people today see the stars as he did, because of smog, smoke and other pollutants in the atmosphere.
Actually, without a telescope, the human eye can see only about two thousand separate stars. However, when the Milky Way can be seen, about 100 billion stars in it are visible, but they are so far away that no individual one can be picked out. Our relatively small solar system, the sun with its nine plats and moons, is part of the Milky Way galaxy.
But the earth, the sun and the Milky Way are a very small part of the total heavens. Modern telescopes and other means of detection have uncovered an estimated 100 billion galaxies, containing altogether more than 100 billion billion stars. And these are just the ones scientists have discovered. They admit they do not know what lies beyond, and more and more they are acknowledging that this vast display did not “just happen to come into being,” but had to have had a “superior power” to create and control it.
We know that the Lord Jesus Christ is the “Superior Power,” as it is written: “By Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible... all things were created by Him, and for Him: and He is bore all things, and by Him all things consist (are upheld).” Colossians 1:16,1716For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: 17And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. (Colossians 1:16‑17).
The next time you are at the seashore, pick up a handful of sand. Do you think you could count the grains? Astronomers in many lands, respected for their professional skills, claim that The total number of stars in the universe is greater than the number of grains of sand—not in a hundred handfuls, but on all the ocean beaches of the earth!
Who but the divine Creator could put all those stars in space, set them in motion and keep them whirling in their orbits in perfect order? David tells us: “He telleth (counts) the number of the stars; He calleth them all by their names.” Psalms 147:44He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names. (Psalm 147:4). Men try to guess the number, but the Lord knows the exact number! Men give names to a few, but the Lord calls each one by name—a reminder of His greatness and untiring interest in all things He has created!
Looking at this spectacular display, it is no wonder David asked, “What is man that Thou art mindful of him?” But God is mindful of everyone, including you, and invites you to share eternity with Him in a glory greater than the starry skies. If you have admitted that you are a sinner and asked Him to wash your sins away in His blood shed on Calvary, you will be with Him forever.
ML-09/20/1981