Lamentations 3:22-23 ‘It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.’

DAILY READING –  2 Thessalonians 1; Isaiah 25-26; Psalm 117

There are scientists who closely monitor what goes on in the outer space. And recently these scientists have been expressing concern about the number of asteroids flying close to the earth. Already, on their watch list, about 1,894 asteroids are currently listed as “potentially hazardous objects.” However, the most dangerous of them all is a 1,500-foot-wide asteroid named Bennu which is expected to closely pass by the earth on Sept. 25, 2135. Though there has been speculations and fear that it might impact the earth, space experts at NASA are assuring that it will only closely approach Earth, and will miss impact by at least 65,000 miles. However NASA  is not taking any chances; if Bennu hits the earth, the consequences would be devastating. The 40-million-ton space rock would unleash a force equal to 80,000 atomic bombs, enough to flatten buildings for dozens of miles in all directions.. NASA has therefore come up with the concept of a planetary defense shield with the acronym HAMMER. It is a fleet of spacecraft that would either bash directly into a dangerous asteroid or set off nuclear charges to deflect it to prevent it from hitting the earth.

Psalm 127 says ‘Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.’

As noble as NASA’s objective to protect earth is, the question is who has been protecting the earth these past many years?  If a sizeable asteroid were to hit any city on the earth, it would bring widespread death and destruction. And yet such has never happened. Why? Because God is in perfect control of the universe.

Lamentations 3:22-23  says ‘It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.’

Indeed we are kept only by God’s grace and mercy. If The Lord does not watch over the earth, every plan of science to defend it will be in vain. But God rules in Heaven and on the earth. When He calls the stars by their names, they all stand up together, and all of creation obeys Him. God is indeed in perfect control. And we can bank on His grace and mercy. Nothing can happen to the earth without God’s knowledge and permission.. He has set perfect order in the universe. That is why the sun shines in the day, moon shines at night, and rain falls in its season etc. In outer space each planetary body follows its path and pattern.

This serves as a sign to man. That if only we submit and follow God’s laws, there will also be perfect order in our lives. Men suffer only when they leave the path of God’s plan to wander in uncharted territories. Disobedience to God’s law is what has brought suffering and problems to the earth. God has set forth laws in His Word for man to follow so that it can be well with him. He has already planned our individual lives and set the paths of our destiny. And as we stay on course with His plan, God will surely perfect all that concerns us.

PRAYER: Lord, I know that it is only by Your grace that I have come thus far.  I thank You Lord for the great things You have in store for me this year. Indeed I know that I will only keep going from glory to glory in Jesus Name.

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Nothing liberates like truth, the truth you know and act upon will set you free.- – WORDBITE 222.