Want to emulate the ways of God? Consider Psalm 147:2-6. I want to continue with the fifth of seven characteristics of God’s ways described here as: “He determines the number of the stars”. In my previous blog on this topic, we looked at the fact that God is careful about keeping up with things that are His. He counts the stars, of which there are no less than 70,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 give or take a few.

This speaks to me of the fact that God cares about the little things. The same God that created the stars and set them in the sky was also careful to fold his burial cloth neatly after being raised from the dead. This same God with unlimited supply who creates substance from words and fed the 5,000 plus women and children from a small boy’s lunch, was also careful to organize the groups to sit in orderly sections of fifty, then gather up the fragments that there be no waste!

It blows my mind that He cared about the fragments, that there be no waste. There was no shortage. There was no supply problem. Yet He cared about the example it would set and made sure there was no waste! So my question for you today is; In what ways are you wasteful? If He cared about some bread that would soon turn moldy if not eaten, how much more does He care about you whom He purchased with His own blood? Think He might care about the return on His investment in you? Think it matters whether we are wasteful with our time and resources? Having plenty is no excuse for wastefulness just like having little is no excuse for being stingy. As I write this, I am challenged about the times I am wasteful with my time, my mind, even my thoughts. How about you?

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