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- God is Creator! He controls both darkness and light. (Genesis 1:1-5; Amos 8:9; Psalm 19:)
- God has a Plan! Like seasons, climates, tides and times-- their rhythms and cycles help us maintain life as we experience it on a daily basis. (Genesis 8:22; Ecc. 3:1-2; Psalm 74:17, Jeremiah 8:7 ) God has a purpose for everything!
- God keeps His Promise! We will not be deceived by false prophets and fall into apostasy. (Matthew 24:4, 10-13)
- Pray, Praise, and Worship: While others may be partying Christians should be inspired to marvel at God's great handiwork! Seeing the wonder of our Lord should invoke praise and reaffirm our faith in our AWESOME, POWERFUL MAGNIFICENT LORD! (Psalm 19:1-6; 24:1-10; Psalm 89:8).
- Talk to Unsaved Family and Friends: This is an excellent time time to brush up on your personal testimony! Just as an eclipse is a rare event with an uncertain timing; we never know when we will have another opportunity to witness to an individual. We are in a season of grace and now is the acceptable time to receive the Lord (2 Corinthians 6:2). While others are looking at the sky remind them that one day Jesus is coming back and they need to be prepared (Acts 1:10-11)
Let me leave you with some final thoughts from that great Christian theologian Charles Spurgeon who witnessed an eclipse, March 14, 1858 and had these words of wisdom to impart from a sermon!
All things teach us, if we have but a mind to learn.
There is nothing we can see, or hear, or feel which may not be the channels
of great instruction to us. Let us see whether this may lead us this morning
into a train of thought which may under God's blessing be something
far better to us than the seeing of an eclipse.
(When you see the Eclipse my Prayer is that you also see JESUS)
UNTIL NEXT TIME...
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