Big Sky

Read Psalm 103:1-12

Context: A hymn written by David about the love and compassion of God.

Text:
1 Praise the LORD, O my soul;
all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
2 Praise the LORD, O my soul,
and forget not all his benefits-

3 who forgives all your sins
and heals all your diseases,

4 who redeems your life from the pit
and crowns you with love and compassion,

5 who satisfies your desires with good things
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.

6 The LORD works righteousness
and justice for all the oppressed.

7 He made known his ways to Moses,
his deeds to the people of Israel:

8 The LORD is compassionate and gracious,
slow to anger, abounding in love.

9 He will not always accuse,
nor will he harbor his anger forever;

10 he does not treat us as our sins deserve
or repay us according to our iniquities.

11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his love for those who fear him;

12 as far as the east is from the west,
so far has he removed our transgressions from us. (NIV)

taken from www.biblegateway.com

Have you ever been in a place where the heavens seemed to go on forever? Where there were no lights to interfere with the starlight, nothing to block your view? At one time in my life I had the opportunity to spend a couple of nights on an aircraft carrier that was about 200 miles from shore. There was nothing surrounding us but water and sky, and both seemed to go on forever.

God's love fills up a sky that big. The only things that block our view of him are the mountains and skyscrapers of our own sin. But all we have to do is ask, and he will take those things totally out of the picture. He picks them up at our request and grinds them into dust. They aren't hiding somewhere...they are totally gone. All we have to do is ask.

Is anything blocking your view of God today? He'd be happy to remove it if you will just ask!