In the 80’s, Carl Sagan taught us that we “are all star stuff”. That is, we are made of the same components as the stars. We are star children, in other words. In fact that phrase was popular a few decades ago.
But is that all we are? Is that our essence? Are we simply animated carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and the other elements that comprise our bodies? Or is there more to us?
If we are simply “star stuff” then there is nothing special about humans? According to Gods Word we are more than just star stuff. Read this verse to remember your worth as the apex of Gods creation:
“oh yes you shaped me first inside then out-you formed me in my mothers womb. I thank you High God-you are breathtaking. Body and soul, I am marvelously made. I worship in adoration – what a creation. You know me inside and out, you know every bone in my body. You know exactly how I was made, bit by bit, how I was sculpted from nothing into something. Like an open book, you watched me grow from conception to birth; all the stages of my life were spread out before you. The days of my life all laid out before I’d even lived one day.”
These verses from Psalm 139 declare the majesty of mankind but that majesty only exists because of the great God who created us. David is worshipping God by writing this Psalm. By doing that he is acting like “God stuff” and not “star stuff.”. Do you act like mere star stuff or do you live your life in such a way that shows that you are fearfully and wonderfully made by Almighty God? Think about it…….
