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December 2
Tuesday


THE STAR
SHEPHERD

READ:
Isaiah 40:25-27
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Lift up your eyes on
high, and see who has
created these things.
__Isaiah 40:26
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Some night when you're away from city lights, "lift up your eyes on high" (Isa. 4026). There in the heavens you'll see a luminous band of stars stretching from horizon to horizon--our galaxy.

If you have good eyes, you can see about 5,000 stars, according to astronomer Simon Driver. There are, however, far more that you cannot see with the naked eye. In 1995, the Hubble Deep Field Study space probe concluded that there are billions of galaxies, each containing billions of stars. by one estimate, there are more than 10 stars in the universe for every grain of sand on the earth.

Yet each night, without fail, God "brings out their host by number,...by the greatness of His might...; not one is missing" (v.26).

Why then do people say, "My way is hidden from the LORD"? (v.27). Yes, billions of individuals inhabit this globe, but no none has been forgotten by God. He knows "those who are His" (2 Tim. 2:19). If He can bring out the incalculable hosts of heaven each night one by one, He can bring you into His light. He does so by "the strength of His power" (.26)__ the power He showed when He raised Jesus from the dead.

Are the stars out tonight? Rejoice! God cares for you.

__David Roper
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`````````````````The God who made the firmament,```````````````
`````````````````````Who made the deepest sea,`````````````````
`````````````````The God who put the stars in place```````````````
````````````````Is the God who cares for me. __Berg``````````````
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We see the power of God's creation;
we feel the power of His love.

****************Today's Bible Reading __ Isaiah 40:25-27**********

25 "To whom then will you
liken Me, or to whom shall
I be equal?" says the Holy
One.

26 Lift up your eyes on
high, and see who has
created these things, who
brings out their host by
number; He calls them all
by name, by the greatness
of his might and the
strength of His power; not
one is missing.

27 Why do you say, O
Jacob, and speak, O Israel:
"My way is hidden from
the LORD, and my just
claim is passed over by
my God"?

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

"The Holy One" (v.25) or "the Holy One of Israel: is a common
designation for God in the book of Isaiah. Interestingly, this
designation does not appear alone but is often accompanied by
another name. Some of the other names for the God of Israel
are "the Light of Israel" (10:17), "the Mighty God" (10:21), the
"Maker" (17:7; 45:11; 54:5), "the sovereign LORD: (30:5 NIV), the
"Redeemer" (41:14), the "Savior" (43:3), "the Creator of Israel,
your King" (43:15), and "the God of the whole earth" (54:5).
__SIM KAY TEE