The God of the Trillions
Scripture: “When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place, what is mankind that You are mindful of them, human beings that You care for them?” — Psalm 8:3–4
“Something or Nothing”
I heard a comedian recently say something that made me laugh — and think.
He said,
“Some people think nothing created the universe — which is the funniest guess! Nothing doesn’t exist. That’s the defining characteristic of nothing! So either you believe everything came from God — something you can’t see, touch, or photograph — or from nothing… something you can’t see, touch, or photograph. But if nothing can spontaneously erupt into everything, that’s some pretty impressive magic!”
And then he added,
“When I ask people what happens when you die, they tell me, ‘You go into nothing.’ I’m like — you mean you merge back with your Creator? That’s heaven!”
The room laughed, but behind the laughter was truth.
Creation demands a Creator.
Order demands a Designer.
Love demands a Lover.
Everything we see — every star, every planet, every breath — points not to nothing, but to Someone.
A God who spoke light into existence and who, in the vastness of all He made, still chose to know you.
So let’s take a journey — from our small solar system, to our vast galaxy, to the farthest reaches of the universe — and see what it tells us about the greatness of our God and the depth of His love.
Step 1: Our Solar System — A Speck of Wonder
Let’s start close to home.
Our solar system stretches roughly one light-day in diameter — about 11 billion miles across. But if you include the farthest reaches of the Oort Cloud — that enormous halo of icy debris that surrounds our system — it spans nearly two light-years across.
That means light, traveling 186,000 miles per second, would take almost two full years just to cross from one edge to the other.
At the center burns our sun — a 27-million-degree ball of fire large enough to hold over one million Earths inside it.
And yet, in the vastness of creation, our sun is just one modest star among billions.
Still, the same God who ignited that sun also breathed life into you.
The same power that holds the planets in orbit holds your world together every single day.
Step 2: Our Galaxy — The Milky Way
Now zoom out.
Our sun is one among roughly 200 billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy — a swirling collection of light and motion stretching 100,000 light-years across. Within it, astronomers estimate there are 3 trillion planets, many orbiting stars we can barely see.
If you could travel at the speed of light, it would still take 100,000 years to go from one end of our galaxy to the other.
Every star we see is just a tiny part of this vast system — a pinprick in a sea of glory.
And yet, out of all those stars, God chose one planet — ours — to fill with life.
He set Earth exactly where it needed to be, at the right distance from the sun, with the right atmosphere, the right tilt, the right balance.
That’s not accident — that’s artistry.
Step 3: The Universe — Beyond Imagination
Now step back even farther.
The Milky Way is just one of roughly 2 trillion galaxies in the observable universe.
Each one holds hundreds of billions of stars, some so bright they outshine entire galaxies.
The light from some of those stars began its journey billions of years ago and is only now reaching us. And the universe itself isn’t still — it’s expanding.
Every galaxy, every cluster of stars, is racing away from every other at incredible speed — some over 1.3 million miles per hour, and the farthest edges hurtling outward even faster, approaching the speed of light itself.
It’s hard to comprehend.
Everything — from the smallest atom to the farthest galaxy — is in motion.
And yet, while the cosmos speeds outward, God does not move away.
He is the constant center of all things — the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8).
He holds the galaxies in His hands, but He still bends close enough to hear your prayers.
Step 4: The Personal God — From Galaxies to Your Fingerprints
After all that vastness — trillions of planets, billions of stars, light-years stretching into forever — it’s almost impossible to imagine that the same God who made it all also made you.
But He did.
The hands that flung galaxies into motion are the same hands that shaped your heart.
He designed every detail — your eyes, your laugh, your fingerprints — a pattern never repeated in all creation.
“For You created my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb.” — Psalm 139:13
Out of everything God made — the stars, the angels, the mountains, the oceans — only one creation bears His image: you.
“So God created mankind in His own image, in the image of God He created them; male and female He created them.” — Genesis 1:27
You were not made to simply exist — you were made to reflect.
The stars display His power, but you display His heart.
No galaxy can love. No mountain can forgive. No sun can show mercy.
But you can — because you were made in the image of a God who is love.
A Love Beyond Measure
God’s love for you is greater than His hatred of sin.
Sin grieves Him because it separates you from Him, but His love was strong enough to bridge that separation.
When Jesus stretched out His arms on the cross, He was saying,
“I love you this much — enough to bridge the distance between heaven and earth, between holiness and humanity, between God and you.”
Every drop of blood, every tear, every word from the cross said the same thing: You matter to Me.
A Plan with Purpose
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” — Jeremiah 29:11
The same God who sustains galaxies in motion sustains you in your purpose.
He set your days before one of them came to be (Psalm 139:16).
You are not an accident of cosmic coincidence — you are the intention of divine love.
He didn’t just breathe life into you — He breathed meaning into you.
From the Infinite to the Intimate
Think about it:
The God who keeps the universe expanding at light-speed walks beside you at life-speed.
The God who names every star knows your name too.
The God who holds galaxies together holds your heart when it’s breaking.
You are not lost in the vastness — you are found in His love.
You are not insignificant — you are in His image.
You are not forgotten — you are forever known.
Reflection
The universe may be racing outward faster than light, but God’s love moves even faster — reaching across eternity to find you.
The stars may declare His glory, but you were created to reflect it.
In a universe of unimaginable size, you remain God’s most cherished creation — the one He calls His own.
Prayer
Lord, I can’t begin to comprehend the scale of Your creation — a universe stretching billions of light-years wide and racing outward faster than I can imagine — yet You still see me. You know my name, my heart, and my purpose. Thank You for loving me enough to craft me in Your image and call me Your own. Help me to live each day reflecting Your light in this vast and moving universe. Amen.
