Fingerprints Of God

Text: Psalm 19

Each of us has a fingerprint. If you look at the end of your fingers you can see these outlines and shapes that make up our fingerprint. Those fingerprints reveal who we are because no two fingerprints are alike. My fingerprint is completely different from everyone in this room and yours is too. And the amazing thing is when we touch something we leave an imprint of our fingerprint. Me touching this Bible is leave fingerprints all over it and if you dusted for fingerprints you would find mine and it would reveal who I am. Just like in those crime shows and documentaries. The first thing they do when they get to a crime scene is dust for prints because if they can find those fingerprints it will reveal exactly who did the crime. Fingerprints are amazing and when we touch something we leave behind our fingerprints.

You know when we look at creation around us we can see fingerprints. We can see God’s fingerprints all over creation and these fingerprints that God has left behind reveals more of who He is. Revels to us more about the majesty of God and His amazing power and love for everything and everyone. We have been going through a series called O my soul and through this series we have looked at the book of Psalms and looked at what some of the things the authors when through and have seen how to apply it to our lives today. Well today is going to look different. Because today is more of a reminder for us. A reminder of the amazing creation that God has created and the majesty and love that has gone into everything He has created. If you want to open up your bibles to Psalm 19. We are going to look at the beginning of this Psalm together. Then when are going to dive into creation and talk about the amazing things God has done. Read 1-6.

So the first thing that David mentions is the heavens and the sky. Most of the time when you see the word heavens they are referring to space. That was the heavens to them and that is what David is talking about here. So lets talk about space for just a second. On a clear night when you look up you can see amazing things right. You see hundreds of thousands of stars shining and sometimes you might even get to see our Milky Way galaxy. But here are some more things just get you thinking. It is estimated that just in our Milky way galaxy there are between 200-400 billion stars. Did you hear that. Billion. And it said just our galaxy. There are estimated to be billions of galaxies. Well what's a galaxy. SHOW PICTURE OF GALAXY. The definition of a galaxy is millions or billions of stars gathered together with gas or dust that is held together with a gravitational pull. Think about the intricate work that had to go into making something like that. Let alone making billions of them. Along with stars. We sit and we can only see about 5,000 stars with our naked eye at night. We are seeing a fraction of the huge and gorgeous solar system. But then lets talk about just our galaxy. From end to end our galaxy is about 120,000 light years across. Light years a measurement of the distance light travels in one year which is about 6 trillion miles. So Ill let you do the math of 120,000 light years because my calculator just said error when I tried. On top of all of that. Often times we think our solar system is the milky way galaxy right. The sun and the planets around us are tiny in comparison with the Galaxy. In just this galaxy alone the milky way galaxy there are estimated to be 100 billion planets. Makes you feel kind of small doesn’t it. When you look in the sky at night and see space and you see pictures of space you can really see the majesty, power, and glory of God. SHOW MORE SPACE PICTURES. God’s fingerprints are all over when we look up into the night sky. David says the skies and the heavens don’t actually speak, but when we look up and see the amazing beauty how can you not see God. How can you not see its beauty and see God’s fingerprints everywhere. God showed us the depth of His love and care. If He put that much detail into everything around us imagine the detail He put into you.

But before we get to you and I we are going to talk a little more about creation in general, because God’s fingerprints are all over that as well. Did you know that we are the exact right distance from the Sun. Any closer we would burn up and any farther away Earth could not sustain life. On the Earth there are close to 3 trillion trees. That would be about 422 trees per person. The earth is traveling about 67,000 miles per hour around the Sun. And is traveling through space at 1,000 miles per hour. Talk about a speeding ticket. 71% of the world is water. Biggest swimming pool around. And in that water there are about 226,000 KNOWN species of marine animals. On land there is around 6.5 million known species. And while the heavens, sky, animals, planets, water, etc… don’t talk they still show God’s fingerprints. The intricacy of each thing created shows a creator. Shows love and care power and majesty. But I think the ultimate thing that God’s fingerprints are all over is you and I. The creation that He called very good. Humankind.