Glimpses of God
God Made the Stars, Also
God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser
light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying,
Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. And he brought
him 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. That in
blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the
stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed
shall possess the gate of his enemies; And I will make thy seed to multiply as
the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy
seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.
Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine
own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of
heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and
they shall inherit it for ever. The Lord your God hath multiplied you, and,
behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.
Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the
Lord thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude. Their children
also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the
land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go
in to possess it.
Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the height of the stars, how high
they are!
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars,
which thou hast ordained ... O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for
his mercy endureth for ever. O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy
endureth for ever. O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth
for ever. To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for ever.
To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever. To him
that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever.
To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever: The sun to rule
by day: for his mercy endureth for ever: The moon and stars to rule by night:
for his mercy endureth for ever.
Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light ... While the
sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds
return after the rain.
Thus saith the Lord, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances
of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when
the waves thereof roar; The Lord of hosts is his name: And they that be wise
shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to
righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death
into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the
waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is
his name. And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a
sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his
strength.
And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her
untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. And there appeared a great
wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and
upon her head a crown of twelve stars.
Glimpses of God ©
by Joyce C. Lock