Space Travel

“Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth.” Isaiah 40:28a (NIV)

Do you ever feel tired or a little dizzy? It might have something to do with our space travels. We ride on a spinning planet, traveling over 24,000 miles each day (at the equator) at a speed of 1,000 miles per hour. At the same time, we journey around our sun for a year at a speed of over 67,000 miles per hour, completing a tour of 92,960,000 miles. As we rotate on our axis and revolve in orbit around our sun, we stay in tandem with the other planets in our solar system as our Milky Way galaxy circles among our super-cluster of galaxies rotating throughout the universe.

Gravity holds us attached to the planet so we don’t fall off. But it seems that with all this spinning, we should fling off into space. Not only do we stay on our super amusement park ride, but our moon stays right with us, helping us to stay in proper rotation, moving our tides and illuminating our night journeys.

This frenetic traveling may explain why we get tired, but it doesn’t explain how we can move such great distances at astronomical speeds . . . and then go about our business as if we were in complete control. People work to change time (daylight savings time). People work to try to control the climate. I would not blame anyone for being nervous about life on earth, but I think about the real reason we are on this planet. It helps me see my life in perspective to the One who “holds all things together” (Colossians 1:17).

Dear Jesus, I have no idea how You hold our universe together. Please increase my knowledge of who You are and open my heart’s understanding of Your invitation to me to be a part of Your kingdom today and forever.

– Sue Carlisle