14 Do everything without complaining or arguing, 15 so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the Universe as you hold out the word of life.” Philippians 2:14,15
I don’t know the names of many constellations or of many individual
stars but I like to look at them and try to imagine what it’s like there.
I walk at night before bedtime. My best quiet time, best
Jesus time, best prayer time. I look up at the stars shining, appreciating the
One who made them, the One who walks the night here with me. I wish I could
know the names of them all.
In the Millennial Kingdom, Earth will still be the old
Earth, the Universe the old Universe. I look forward to walking under the stars
there with Jesus, asking Him to name them all for me. I’ll be in my new body
then. I’ll have my sharp new mind, too.
But on the New Earth, Jesus will be the only Light we’ll
have, the only Light we’ll need. No night sky. No visible stars. No beautiful
dark velvet setting.
I’ll really miss that.
But everything there will be way better than we can
imagine. I asked Jesus: “What can be better than walking under the stars with You?”
And that verse above hit me. People!!!
Our new bodies will be like His resurrection body. He
could walk through a closed door anytime He wanted to just because He wanted
to. Same with us. If we want to go to the bottom of the sea, just think and we’re
there. If we want to go to the top of the sky, bingo! People all over the sky,
shining like the stars in the Universe! Because our new bodies might have a
glow to them. If not in themselves, then certainly as reflectors of His own
glow.
What stories we’ll have to tell, individual stars and
constellations. How did you meet each other on Earth? How did you help others
to write their stories? How did you help each other to live them out?
My new eyes might be able to see them all at once. My new
mind might be able to wrap itself around all of them. I might have enough brain
power to know—and remember—every single name.
But we don’t have to wait until then to shine like the
stars. We’re not supposed to wait. Supposed to shine like stars into the
darkness of the world of here and now. We can’t leave anyone to wander around in the
dark here and miss the door, because the more who make it to Heaven, the
brighter that sky will be and the greater God’s glory will be. Don’t let Satan
rob Him of even one soul.
I won’t have
to miss the stars, after all Avi. I’ll be walking there with You, looking up at
all the people who want to check it out! All the saints up there exploring the
new universe, the sky full of them, reflecting the light of the Son, shining
like stars in the Universe!
But for now,
help me, help us. Wipe off any dirt we’ve picked up from this broken world so we can
shine, shine, shine!
In Your Holy
Name, Amen.
