Awe Factor

Recently, I watched a video called The Awe Factor of God. In it, Francis Chan shows a series of images, starting at the earth, eventually zooming out to 100,000,000 light years way from us. I wasn't amazed so much at the images as the size of our universe. And we haven't even found its bounds. I don't believe we ever will. It put me in a reflective mood. My thoughts echoed this verse:

When I look at your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
you have set in place,
what is man that you are mindful of him,
the son of man that you care for him?

~Psalm 8:3-4

I cannot even begin to comprehend what a speck I am in that whole universe. I can't help but wonder at my insignificance. This universe he created is just a taste of how great he is. He gave us this piece of creation which to us seems unbounded to make us ask: How much more? How much greater is God than even this? He fills the universe and is beyond it. If I cannot fathom the creation, how can I fathom my Creator? And how many galaxies are there that God created solely for his own pleasure?

The amazing thing is that he is mindful of us. We are created in his image--the Psalm later says that he "crowned [man] with glory and honor" and "put everything under his feet." He loves us, and in another Psalm, he uses the greatness of the universe to remind us of how great his love is to us:

For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His steadfast love for those who fear Him.

~Psalm 103:11

How amazing that we serve a God who is not only boundless, but also has boundless love for his people.