So, last night at youth group we watched a Louie Giglio video called "Indescribable." For those unfamiliar with Louie, he is the pastor who started the Passion tour from which all the Passion CD's come. Anyway, I highly recommend the video!
Louie gave a timely visual reminder of how big God is and how small we are! By showing the relative size of earth, the vastness of the universe, the beauty and order of creation he drove home the message I have been hearing for some time, "It's not all about you (or me)!" The world does not revolve around me; planets do not orbit around me. I am really pretty insignificant!
Oddly that thought brings me great comfort and hope! It is pretty counter cultural. Advertising and contemporary self-help psychology encourage me to focus on me! What a recipe for disaster!
I was made to magnify! When I magnify God things stay in perspective. I recoginize that I am like a Who down in Whoville- small, sinful, and insignificant-UNLESS the indescribably big God of the universe chooses me, loves me enough to send His own Son to die for me. Guess what? He did choose me giving me even more reason to magnify Him and not me.
The picture is our galaxy! Can you spot earth? Ya, me neither. Amazing that God calls each of the stars and you and me by name!
Some favorite song lyrics come to mind- "I have made you too small in my eyes; O Lord forgive me!" and then one of my cousin Marty's favorites which certainly puts things in perspective, "Great Big God-itty bitty devil."
And finally one of Mrs. Hasty's favorites- everybody sing:
MY GOD IS SO BIG! SO STRONG AND SO MIGHTY!
He really is!
KIM
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