Consider

By Aby Kuruvilla, Mumbai

Consider the universe, its vastness, its majesty, and the wonders of it. Consider the precise position and movement of our planet within the solar system. Consider the preservation of our insignificant planet in the universe.

The psalmist says,

“The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard” (Ps. 19:1-3).

Great Universe

This great universe points to a God who is apart from and greater than all the visible and invisible things in it. Consider the glory of this God. The psalmist says,

“O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.” (Ps. 8:1).

He is Absolute and Almighty.

But this God does also look upon the insignificant things of our earth.

“Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them… Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these” (Luke 12:24,27).

Consider this God and his interest in everything that he created.

Great Fall

This God created us. Of all the things that he created, he gave a special place to us, for we were created in his own likeness (Gen. 1:26,27). He desired to have communion with us. But with man sinning against God, we read that there arose a great chasm between God and man. No works of man could set right that broken relationship with God (Rom. 5:6). Mankind got set on a path toward eternal destruction.

But God intervened to save our helpless race. Christ Jesus, “who being in the form of God… made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross” (Phil 2:6-8)

Great Love

 Consider the humility of this God, for he whose glory is above the heavens, condescended to such a lowly estate for wicked sinners like us. “God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” (Rom. 5:8). Consider the supremacy of his love, far excelling anything that man has ever witnessed or known. Consider the efficacy of his work, for in his death and resurrection, he has paved the way to restore us back to God eternally.

What must we do then to be restored back to God? Our works or our religious life cannot save us. We need to repent of our sins and come to the Lord Jesus Christ. He alone can save us. “By grace are ye saved, through faith and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God” (Eph 2:8).

Have you considered this free gift of God? “O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him” (Ps 34:8)

21/06/2023