“Mars?” is October 17’s entry from Dr. David Jeremiah’s ‘Turning Points with God: 365 Daily Devotions’ (2014).
"Many, O LORD my God, are Your wonderful works which You have done; and Your thoughts toward us cannot be recounted. ... They are more than can be numbered." Psalm 40:5
Late atheist Astrophysicist Stephen Hawking said at a conference that human beings must quickly establish a base on the moon and colonize Mars (which in my opinion, won’t happen), otherwise global warming or another catastrophe may drive the human race to extinction.
“Life on earth is at the ever-increasing risk of being wiped out by a disaster such as sudden global warming, nuclear war, a genetically engineered virus, or other dangers we have not thought of yet,” he said.
(Other dangers for atheists include upcoming events like the rapture of the Church, the Great Tribulation, and the battle of Armageddon.)
The Bible teaches that earth’s days are numbered, but the Bible also says that God has not abandoned us, nor has He forgotten His children.
Psalm 139:17 says, “How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them!”
Jeremiah 29:11 says, “I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace… to give you a future and a hope.”
We can forget the Lord, but He can never forget us. He loves and knows and cares, and we should think about that. When your world is threatened, it isn’t Mars you need, but the Master.
To end, a quote from Charles Haddon Spurgeon, “God’s thoughts of love are very many, very wonderful, very practical! Muse on them… no sweeter subject ever occupied your mind. God’s thoughts of you are many.”
