Random Thought #248

Ever wonder what the stars are for? Why'd our Creator make them? Surely, they're not just for the sake of beauty...or are they? Do they have a function? Is their function helpful to us? The sun heats and provides energy. The moon cools and controls the tides. Both are timepieces, but what do the stars do? And there are millions of them...maybe more. They can be seen from all over the world. Anyone ever seen them on a clear night? Maybe from a place in nature undisturbed by pollution, lights and other distractions? Different sizes...some seem to actually radiate flashes of color, but what are they for? Our Creator has a purpose for everything and we've studied them for centuries, but what are they for?

A few random scriptures concerning stars:

Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter; The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches. Revelation 1:19,20

The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever. Psalm 136:9

He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names. Psalm 147:4

When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? Job 38:7

They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera. Judges 5:20

And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever. Daniel 12:3

When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; Psalm 8:3

And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: Revelation 12:1

Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks; Revelation 2:1

And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. Genesis 1:16

And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me. Genesis 37:9

Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name: Amos 5:8

Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light. Psalm 148:3

There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory. 1 Corinthians 15:41

And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven. Deuteronomy 4:19