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Friday... Yes, we need them. We really do


Psalm 8:3-4 (NLT), "When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers - the moon and the stars you set in place - what are mere mortals that you should think about them, human beings that you should care for them?"

Friday... Yes, we need them. We really do.

No, not the fact that I can go out my front door and look out at night at the marvels of the sky. I can do that and it is amazing and it takes my breath away each time I see it. Yes, that is a fact but the reality of who did that and the wisdom and the faith that I have to believe that and to marvel that the one who did that cares about me makes such a difference in how I live my life. Yes, God really does. That is so wonderful for us to believe. And that is why faith and wisdom are so important.


Now whatever belief you have at how that marvel happened must also be believed through faith. And the sad thing to me is that more and more people have been taught that there is no God and therefore he did not have a hand in creating that and creating us. And that fact must be believed by faith because smart people think they have proved what we believe is false. So what you put your faith in is so important.

Solomon in Proverbs 8:10-11 says, "Choose my instruction rather than silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold. For wisdom is far more valuable than rubies. Nothing you desire can compare with it." Yes we live by faith but we also need wisdom.

Verse 22 says, "The Lord formed me from the beginning, before he created anything else." Verse 27-28, "I was there when he established the heavens, when he drew the horizon on the oceans. I was there when he set the clouds above, when he established springs deep in the earth." Verses 30-31, "I was the architect at his side. I was his constant delight, rejoicing always in his presence. And how happy I was with the world he created; how I rejoice with the human family." Yes, we also need wisdom and need to rejoice in it.

And then again, faith. Hebrews 11:1, "Faith shows the reality of what we hope for; it is the evidence of things we cannot see." Then verse 3 says, "By faith we understand that the entire universe was formed at God's command, that what we now see did not come from anything that can be seen." It came from God. That is why faith and wisdom are so important in our lives. So let's not be put down by people who are looking for things that they cannot see. 

Now this is so important to know and to see. Verse 6 says, "And it is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to come to him must believe that God exists and that he rewards those who sincerely seek him."

So, the next time as you look up at night and marvel at what you see just be wise enough to say thank you to God and to praise him. Yes, our faith and wisdom says he did it. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning



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