The Lord gave a vision to Abraham as recorded in Genesis 15:5.
And he [LORD] brought him [Abraham] forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
The Lord used the stars to teach Abraham regarding his posterity. But the advice to “Look now toward heaven” may also be beneficial to each one of us. This may be especially true when we become preoccupied with all of the problems in the world, our communities, and even within our own families.
King David wrote poetically of the heavens as he pondered the role of the Messiah in Psalm 8:
[3] When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
[4] What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the Son of Man, that thou visitest him?
[5] For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
The Apostle Paul explained that this Psalm refers to Jesus Christ, in Hebrews 2:
[6] But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him?
[7] Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands:
[8] Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him.
[9] But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
The prophet Alma in the Book of Mormon testified to a non-believer:
The scriptures are laid before thee, yea, and all things denote there is a God; yea, even the earth, and all things that are upon the face of it, yea, and its motion, yea, and also all the planets which move in their regular form do witness that there is a Supreme Creator. (Alma 30:44)
May we all take moments every day to appreciate the majesty of God’s creations, whether on Earth or in the Heavens.
May the Lord bless you,
Tom Irvine