On the other side of the world there is a tennis tournament being played called the Australian Open.  However, if you want to watch the matches live, you must wake up or stay up ‘til 2:00 in the morning.  Yuk! 

I found myself asking the question, “How would I adjust to such a drastic time change?”  And not only that, but instead of it being winter, its summer down-under; my whole world would be turned topsy-turvy.

I know I am random but that is who I am.  Thinking about Australia and the host of other countries with athletes in the tournament reminded me that at any second of any day someone is turning off the light and going to bed somewhere in the world.  And if they, before drifting off into slumber land, were to say “Thank You” to God, there would be a constant, continuous expression of gratitude offered up to the Creator of the universe.  Appropriate, don’t you think?

Let me say it again.  Appropriate, don’t you think?  While it might not be loud, it would be heard.  The Scripture that holds my attention is found in Ps 150:6, “Let everything that has breath praise the LORD.” Therefore, man, beast and least join together in a cacophony of praise resonating for the entire universe to hear.  But really, only One is listening.

The college I graduated from (Toccoa Falls) boasts of the fact that the sun never sets on a TFC graduate.  With pastors, missionaries, business people and the like living on every continent of planet Earth, it is quite possible that their admissions’ propaganda is true.

I get trapped inside my little world of existence far too often.  I make life all about me.  I need to be stretched every once in a while to see the big picture.  And to think, it took tennis to help me think outside my own little fuzzy biosphere.

Would you join me, a TFC graduate, living in Richmond, Indiana in taking out a moment to join all of creation to praise our Creator-God?  Would you take a second to say “Thanks” to the Giver of all that is good?  Would you blend your voice with that of Kimono Dragons, Saint Bernards, and butterflies to express our dependence and delight in the Sustainer and Supplier of all things necessary? 

We don’t have to do it 24-7; but if we do it, then we’ve joined the rest of God’s handiwork in acknowledging His supremacy and sovereignty.  He is far more worthy to receive our applause than the eventual winner of the Australian Open.  Let’s give God a shout-out; ready?

Final LLYWD Message

"Embrace Eternity"

February 7, 2010

Wednesday Nights

Small Group Study:  LLYWD