A DEVOTIONAL POST:
December 2020
Is God in your horoscope?
It was for three wise men in the Bible (Matthew 2:1-12). They were eastern scholars in the tradition of Daniel and his friends from Babylon. The wise men saw in the movement of stars and planets the birth of a Jewish King. Today some think this was the Great Conjunction between Saturn and Jupiter, that happens every 800 years.
We may think “superstitious” reading such connections between planetary movements and world events.
Yet, God guided them through their astrological education. He led them on a journey to Bethlehem to present gifts to Jesus, a toddler at the time. An act of adoration and worship. In the Bible others too looked to the stars and worshipped!
In Psalm 8, David looked to the expanse of stars, and wondered “What is humanity that You are mindful of them?” He saw both the stars and us as God’s handiwork. He saw our insignificance in comparison to the vastness of creation and worshipped a God who was yet mindful of him.
Like David, people today look to the stars and planets, some through astrologers’ horoscopes. They see in their movements a direct influence on their lives, the why and how for their good and bad experiences.
When you look to the stars, what do you see?
Some see what the wise men saw, movements predicting and influencing world and life events.
Others connect them into constellations. They see their movements in relation to earth’s orbit around the sun, marking times and seasons.
Still others feel themselves shrink beneath the vast, ever-expanding universe all around and over us.
And some see all these and more. They perceive the God of the Bible. He comes to them in a journey across a wilderness, within or without. Here they gain wisdom and knowledge through lived experiences, and encounters with God. These shape their lives for good, even through the bad.
You can see God in the stars because He made them. He created them to mark the seasons and times, thus they also mark our celebrations and festivals during the year. But before these secondary marker lights existed, God was The Only Light! David saw that! I pray that you may too. May the stars point you to an infinitely creative God, who influences your journey for the better as you come to worship Him through Jesus.
Bible Passages:
- Genesis 1:14-19 The Fourth Day
- Psalm 8 David’s Stargazing
- Matthew 2:1-12 The Wise-men
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