Remember this about the Creator...

The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man, nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything.

Acts 17:24-25

There are four significant facts to believe about God in these two verses. The first is that God is Creator of all that there is. The cosmos did not create itself as the result of some mindless, unimaginable, purposeless event. God made all there is, including the earth and everything that sustains humanity as well as all life on this fragile, crystal-blue ball. And because God is universal Creator, He is supreme above all.

The second fact then is that as Creator, God is ruler over the universe. There is no power beyond His control. Black holes? Just one of His ideas. Galaxies flying apart from one another in a vast void at light speed? He did that by simply speaking the words. Stars go supernova and planets burn up. His plan. A certain rock has an atmosphere, a magnetic field, and all the ingredients finely tuned to support millions of species of life... all by His power as Lord over all.

The third fact is brutal to our pride: God does not need us, or any of His creation for that matter. But He chooses to love and to care for what He has made. But worship from human beings does not add to God anything that is lacking. He does not need us, but He certainly does love us.

And finally, because of His love, God sustains the universe in an active way, continuing to provide in Creation all the things mankind needs to live and to breath and to go on living on the blue habitat we call Earth. And ultimately the spiritual side of this love and provision is known in Jesus, Whose death and resurrection provide for us eternal life. That life will be lived in a new heavens and a new earth (there is something God likes about a material universe... one will always exist). And those who are redeemed in Jesus will always know God’s continual love and care as His creation.