And It Was So

Genesis 1 cont’d:

And God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years,  and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so.  God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night.

I still love the word “vault” – it just rings with security doesn’t it?

Here we observe God create two big lights and set them in place to “serve as signs to mark sacred times.”   To mark “days and years.”  To “give light” on the earth.

I don’t know about you, but the sun and the moon are marvelous, aren’t they?  They’re brilliant, we know they are there even if clouds cover them for days, they faithfully rise and set each day in perfect timing, and they illuminate our paths, warm our skin, and create our calendar.

When you feel as though your world is out of control and nothing is going as planned or even well at all, observe these two “markers.”

God knew there would be clouds, he knew we would need security and faithfulness personified above us, and he knew we needed direction and covering and safety and warmth.

He provided all of that with these two lights.

So far, God has been a pretty awesome Creator, hasn’t he?  He’s setting up a world in holy order with his Hand of provision seen all over it, in order to create something that’s coming soon – you and me.

That’s a God who can be trusted and loved and the One under whose canopy we can sleep every night, knowing the Sun will rise in our window the next morning.