Mars?

Many, O LORD my God, are Your wonderful works which You have done; and Your thoughts toward us cannot be recounted. . . . They are more than can be numbered.

Psalm 40:5

Astrophysicist Stephen Hawking said recently at a conference that human beings must quickly establish a base on the moon and colonize Mars, otherwise global warming or another catastrophe may drive the human race to extinction. “Life on earth is at the ever-increasing risk of being wiped out by a disaster such as sudden global warming, nuclear war, a genetically engineered virus, or other dangers we have not thought of yet,” he said.

The Bible teaches that earth’s days are numbered, but the Bible also says that God has not abandoned us, nor has He forgotten His children. Psalm 139:17 says, “How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them!” Jeremiah 29:11 says, “I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace . . . to give you a future and a hope.”

We can forget the Lord, but He can never forget us. He loves and knows and cares, and we should think about that. When your world is threatened, it isn’t Mars you need, but the Master.

God’s thoughts of love are very many, very wonderful, very practical! Muse on them . . . no sweeter subject ever occupied your mind. God’s thoughts of you are many.

CHARLES HADDON SPURGEON