Psalm 19:1-4
(Use the link below to read the verses.)
Valentine’s
Day is traditionally a day to show how much you love your spouse, your children,
or your significant other. Children exchange Valentine’s Day cards at school.
Couples go out for dinner. Gifts are given like flowers, candy or jewelry. But
this year was different.
On
February 14, 2018, at about 2:00pm a young man walked into a Florida high
school and began shooting. By the time he was done, seventeen people were dead!
Where is God in this? How is God revealed through something as senseless as
this?
David
endured much tragedy in his life. He first came on the scene by killing Goliath
with his sling shot. He led the armies of the nation of Israel in battle and
killed his “tens of thousands”. He became a legend which eventually lead to
King Saul trying to kill him by sending his army chasing David around the
countryside.
Yes,
David knew what death and destruction was like. I’m sure he personally knew men
who were killed in battle; whose families mourned the loss of their loved ones.
After all, war is hell. Yet in Psalm 19 he wrote about the Glory of God and how
God is revealed in our world.
1 The heavens proclaim the glory of God.
The skies display his craftsmanship.
2 Day after day they continue to speak;
night after night they make him known.
3 They speak without a sound or word;
their voice is never heard
4 Yet their message has gone throughout the earth,
and their words to all the world. NLT
The skies display his craftsmanship.
2 Day after day they continue to speak;
night after night they make him known.
3 They speak without a sound or word;
their voice is never heard
4 Yet their message has gone throughout the earth,
and their words to all the world. NLT
So
how do we respond after the Valentine’s Day massacre of 2018? Do we put our
hands up in the air and cry “Woe is me”? Is it hopeless? Or, like David, do we
turn to our Creator and look for how He is revealed in our world?
Besides
this past Wednesday being Valentine’s Day, it was also Ash Wednesday; the
beginning of Lent. Lent quickly takes us to Good Friday and Easter. God showed
His love for you and for me by sending His one and only son to die for us. He
revealed Himself to us through His son.
Death
does not have the final word. God does.
