Our Daily Bread 29th May 2020 Devotional – The Maker of the Moon
TODAY’S TOPIC: THE MAKER OF THE MOON
Key Verse: [The Lord said,] “I will be their God and they will be my people.” Jeremiah 31:33
Bible In One Year: 2 Chronicles 7–9; John 11:1–29
Today’s Scripture: Jeremiah 31:33–37, NIV
33 “This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel
after that time,” declares the Lord.
“I will put my law in their minds
and write it on their hearts.
I will be their God,
and they will be my people.
34 No longer will they teach their neighbor,
or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’
because they will all know me,
from the least of them to the greatest,”
declares the Lord.
“For I will forgive their wickedness
and will remember their sins no more.”
35 This is what the Lord says,
he who appoints the sun
to shine by day,
who decrees the moon and stars
to shine by night,
who stirs up the sea
so that its waves roar—
the Lord Almighty is his name:
36 “Only if these decrees vanish from my sight,”
declares the Lord,
“will Israel ever cease
being a nation before me.”
37 This is what the Lord says:
“Only if the heavens above can be measured
and the foundations of the earth below be searched out
will I reject all the descendants of Israel
because of all they have done,”
declares the Lord.
Insight: Our Daily Bread 29th May 2020 Devotional
The Noahic covenant is one of the earliest recorded covenants in the Scriptures. The rainbow is the sign of God’s promise never again to destroy the earth with a flood (Genesis 9:8–17). God made a covenant with Abraham when he called him to the land of Canaan and promised to make him a great nation, give him the land, and bless all nations through him (12:1–3; 15:5–16; 17:6–8). God sealed the Abrahamic covenant with the sign of circumcision (17:10–11). In the Davidic covenant, God promised David, Abraham’s descendant, that each king who sits on the throne of Israel would be his direct descendant (2 Samuel 7:8–16; 1 Chronicles 17:11–14). The sign is the promised Son of David (Matthew 1:1; Acts 13:23). The writer of Hebrews quotes Jeremiah 31:31–34 and declares that Christ, the promised Son of David, is now the “mediator of a new covenant” (Hebrews 8:6–13; 9:15; 12:24).
Today’s Message: After astronauts set the Eagle down in the Sea of Tranquility, Neil Armstrong said, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” He was the first human to walk on the surface of the moon. Other space travelers followed, including the commander of the last Apollo mission, Gene Cernan. “There I was, and there you are, the Earth—dynamic, overwhelming, and I felt . . . it was just too beautiful to happen by accident,” Cernan said. “There has to be somebody bigger than you and bigger than me.” Even from their unique view in deep space, these men understood their smallness in comparison to the vastness of the universe.
The prophet Jeremiah also considered the immensity of God as Creator and Sustainer of the earth and beyond. The Maker of all promised to reveal Himself intimately as He offered His people love, forgiveness, and hope (Jeremiah 31:33–34). Jeremiah affirms God’s enormity as He who “appoints the sun to shine by day, who decrees the moon and stars to shine by night” (v. 35). Our Creator and Lord Almighty will reign above all as He works to redeem all of His people (vv. 36–37).
We’ll never finish exploring the immeasurable vastness of the heavens and depths of the earth’s foundations. But we can stand in awe at the complexity of the universe and trust the maker of the moon—and everything else.
How does imagining God’s bigness as Creator and Sustainer of the universe help you trust Him with the obstacles that come your way? by Xochitl Dixon
Reflect: How does the complexity of the universe help you trust God with the details of your life?
Today’s Prayer: Creator and Sustainer of all, thanks for inviting us to know You and trust You today and forever.
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