Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet
Lamedh
89 Forever, O Lord, your word
is firmly fixed in the heavens.
90 Your faithfulness endures to all generations;
you have established the earth, and it stands fast.
Try to wrap your small mind around this:
GOD
LORD, JEHOVAH, THE EXISTING ONE, THE “I AM” – all Names of God, holy and separated from the sin of man.
YHWH – יְהֹוָה
Or, perhaps in terms of place, consider that the volume of just the earth where we stand is about 108.321 to the 10th power (I forget how many zeros that adds) cubic meters ( 1 cubic meter = 39″x 39″ x 39″).
- The volume of the Earth is 6.37 x 10e6 m which comes out to 1,097,509,500,000,000,000,000 cubic meters! (Even scientists can’t wrap their understanding around this beautiful Creation of God.)
Perhaps, by comparison, you might consider that a casket of 87″L x 32″W x 29″H is less than 81,000 square inches.
- Light travels more than 670 million miles every hour. Scientists have recalculated that Polaris (the North Star at which we gaze in the heavens) is probably nearer than they thought. When you look to the North in the clear sky tonight, consider that the light you see was possibly generated by this distant star in the year of our Lord 1691. (Earlier conjecture of scientists believe the light from the North star you see tonight may have started its journey to earth as long ago as 1580 A.D.
This section of Psalm 119 in the KJV (first published in 1611) begins:
If we cannot grasp the size of the earth or the distance of the light, certainly we fail to grasp even the smallest dimension of the LORD and eternity.
Thy word is settled in heaven.
thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
91 By your appointment they stand this day,
for all things are your servants.
92 If your law had not been my delight,
I would have perished in my affliction.
93 I will never forget your precepts,
for by them you have given me life.
Compared to the LORD; compared to all eternity: our biggest of problems and short time are a small thing. Yet in our humility we ask the Lord to save us, because we are His.
94 I am yours; save me,
for I have sought your precepts.
95 The wicked lie in wait to destroy me,
but I consider your testimonies.
96 I have seen a limit to all perfection,
but your commandment is exceedingly broad.
Has the command of God not created the heavens and the earth and mankind? Is the LORD our God not the Father of all perfection and Christ Jesus our redemption from the sin and destruction of disobedience?
