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But are any of us really the captain of
our soul-ship? The only way our soul gets around is the body which is why we
should take care of it, right? Let me ask you something; do we have any control
over the seasons as a result of the tilt of the earth’s axis (~23.5 degrees)
away from the sun’s axis? We know that all life on earth is traveling ~1.1k mph
(if standing at the equator) as our planet spins on its axis, making one
revolution per day. While the earth is spinning over 1k mph, it is also
traveling ~67.1k mph in its annual elliptical orbit around the sun.
Can we change the tilt of the
planet for more conducive weather in Tennessee? Can we stop or slow down the
spinning of our terrestrial ball because it is beneath the rudder of our
soul-ship? Can we break free from this unseen current around the sun? You
know the answers. The very air that we breathe, the very life that we have is
because of God. Everything we “own” is on loan from Him! And we have this
arrogant audacity to say we are in control of our soul-ship?
All of this is done by our
Creator to make life possible on Big Blue. Looking beyond earth, what do you
see? You see a dreadfully cold darkness (nearing or at absolute zero) and
myriads of twinkling stars in our galaxy and faraway places and more of the
same beyond what we cannot see physically or with the aid of the Hubble
telescope, peering into billions of light years of outer space. Our size in
comparison to the universe makes us unquestionably infinitesimal. It makes the
notion of “Invictus” somewhat – ludicrous!
So what can we change? We can
change our eternal destiny with a choice, and we can choose to be more like
Christ even though we are traveling over 67k mph like everybody else. We can
choose as believers to be holy though we are powerless to stop or reroute the
planet. In fact, it doesn’t take much cranial activity to realize that we are
not getting off this speeding speck until death or rapture, but nobody
contemplates that because there is no alternative in space. So what we have is
a choice of making our time here on planet earth count for something for God’s
glory or to be a marginal believer scooting through space or simply doing nothing
and moving like the dickens anyway with the spinning and orbiting of our planet.
Whether we like the choices or
not is irrelevant; you and I are not calling the shots in the planetary scheme
of things. And one other thing, while we are spinning and orbiting, there is a
spiritual warfare between the forces of good and evil taking place, and it
doesn’t take a rocket scientist to realize we are neither a master nor a
captain as William Henley foolishly claimed with his poetical flare for the
dramatics.
When you sense the scale of this
universe and the power of the Creator who called it all into existence, ex nihilo or out of nothing, we realize
that the earth is but a speck of dust in the Universe. What is man but a
fragile, mortal soul-ship perched upon such a diminutive speck? Then entered
into our 4-D world of LxWxH+Time
the God-Man in order to redeem us from the condemnation of sin (Jn 3:16, 17, 18).
Before Your entrance into my
life, O LORD, I was hastening through life with blinding speed heading toward a
terrible end. By the grace of Your enduring mercy and lovingkindness, the darkness of my soul
was conquered through faith in You (Eph 2:8-9); condemnation was lifted (Rom 8:1). So now in these latter times,
when things seem so out of control and concerning, I find comfort knowing that
you are in control because You are the sovereign Lord, the Captain of my ship;
I shall never run aground, capsize, sink, or perish, regardless of the spinning
and orbiting of things on Big Blue. <><
