“For His eyes are upon the ways of a man, and He sees all his steps.” Job
34:21
Tuesday night I left my home to run to the store to get a few
last minute grocery items. When I left
the store I turned onto the street to head home and the moon appeared in front
of me. It was so full it was as if I
could reach out and touch it.
Just a little over a
year ago my family and I moved to Victoria from the Dallas area to accept the
position of worship pastor. This was the
farthest from home I had ever lived in my entire life. Occasionally since moving here there has been
the sting of homesickness and when I saw the beautiful moon I could not help
but think that those who I loved, that were living six hours away, could step
outside and see the same beautiful moon I was seeing. For a second it would be like they were here
and I was there. Yes I know, that is
very sappy! I thought to myself how
amazing it was that almost anywhere in the world you go you can still see the
moon. It’s so big that its presence
seems to follow us wherever we go.
As I continued driving my thoughts moved from my family to God. I thought about the fact that God is so big
and so powerful that we can see Him and He sees us anywhere we go. In fact He is omnipresent. He is wherever we are, wherever we have been,
and wherever we will go. That thought
filled my mind and gave me a peace that it hard to put into words. As I was thinking about that I turned onto my
street and the trees quickly blocked my view of the fantastic moon. At first I was a bit sad that I couldn’t run
in and tell my wife to come out and see, since the trees blocked our view, but
then I thought even though I can’t see it doesn’t mean that it’s not
there. Of course the moon was there even
if my view was blocked by some trees.
There are times when we face struggles that cloud our
view. They take our focus off God and
simply make it hard for us to see Him.
That does not mean that He is not there.
He is omnipresent He is everywhere.
We must open our eyes, clear our sight line, and refocus. There He will be as big and beautiful as He
was the first time we saw Him. Take some
time this week to step outside, gaze around, and look at the beauty that
surrounds you. Have peace in knowing
that even we lose focus or our view becomes clouded God is still there waiting
for us to return.
Tom Smith
Pastor of Music and Worship
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