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When I consider Thy heavens, the work of Thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which Thou hast ordained; What is man, that Thou dost take thought of him? And the son of man, that Thou dost care for him?
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Today’s verses have such incredible meaning to me personally—it is literally those Scriptures that brought me into the kingdom of God. It is my testimony! {Rev.12:11}

Before I was saved I was filled with pride. I believe that to a greater or lesser degree we all were, being focused on ‘self’ which is basically the definition of pride. King Solomon wrote a list of the things that God hates, {Pro.6:16-19} and the very first, the top of the chart, was haughty eyes—just another way of saying pride. And of course, the apostle Paul would write a thousand years after that, speaking of the perilous last days about the evils that will fill mankind, and the first thing he mentions is that men will be ‘lovers of self’—once again, pride! {2Tim.3:1-5}

Sad to say, I think that I had more of that than the average. Back then I would look at my life, my job, my house, my possessions and compare them to others of my age and I was, as I just said, filled with pride. However, I also had a very real problem. I would look up into a clear night sky seeing the moon and the stars and feel crushed, like I was absolutely nothing! I thought with my then natural mind, that those things would be there in the sky millions of years after I had died and turned to dust. I was thinking with my mind which could not accept the things of the Spirit of God back then. {1Cor.2:14}

Then, my lovely wife Alice went to a prayer meeting at a local church with her sister one evening and came back talking excitedly about Jesus and His love. I told her I did not want to hear about it. She began to go to those meetings each week and talked about Jesus constantly. They had given her a bible which was something we had never had in our house. And I would continually tell her the same thing, I did not want to hear about it!

My 33rd birthday came along very soon thereafter and Alice and her sister went out to shop and buy me a birthday cake. I sat at our kitchen table having a cup of coffee and I looked up and saw Alice’s bible on top of our refrigerator. I got up, went over and picked it up, sat back down and said, “Jesus if you are real I want to know about it.”

I just flipped open the bible at random, looked down and saw this, “When I consider Thy heavens, the work of Thy fingers, The moon and the stars, which Thou hast ordained; What is man, that Thou dost take thought of him? And the son of man, that Thou dost care for him?” And a voice so gentle and yet so piercing said to me, “Not only am I real, I know exactly what is in your heart. You have had your life, now it is Mine!” I began to cry and continued to do so for a long time that morning (even getting a little teary-eyed now just thinking of it).

That was the end of my life as I knew it. That was the beginning of my new life which I now have and live, which is the greatest gift ever and one available to all who will receive it, birthday or not!

I have shared this testimony many times over the years in my travels around the world preaching and teaching the gospel of Jesus Christ. I was actually preaching at a church in central Florida one Sunday when I mentioned how that Scripture about the moon and the stars, had humbled me when that voice I have come to know so well, the Lord said to me, “You are wrong!”

Here I was preaching to all these people when the Lord told me that what I had said was wrong! I stopped and said to the congregation, “Excuse me a minute.” I turned my back to them and said to the Lord, “WHAT!” He said to me that it was not the moon and the stars that humbled me, it was His glory!

If you have never experienced God’s glory go out on a clear dark night and look up! For the heavens are telling of the glory of God; And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands. {Ps.19:1} I pray like Paul did that God will open the eyes of your heart. {Eph.1:18}

“For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse.” (Romans 1:20)

BLESS THE LORD YOUR GOD FOREVER