My father and I took walks around our neighborhood at night. He shared with me his love of the night sky, the planets and the moon. And when he told me about the stars, he would always say, “There are more stars in the sky than grains of sand on all the world’s beaches.” And he said those words slowly, with awe and wonder. My father didn’t talk too much about God, but that sentence was an epiphany.
If there were more stars than grains of sand, then God was even more amazing than I could ever imagine. God wasn’t a sketch in one of those little paper tracts my friend took from her pockets from time to time, trying to teach me things God did and didn’t want me to do. And God wasn’t just the one I thanked at night for my loved ones and before dinner for my food. He must be so much more if He had created too many stars for me to count…or to see. An “infinity number” of stars, to my child’s mind, must be created by a God of infinity.
There are many names for God in the Bible. Each one reveals another facet of His greatness: Yahweh Shalom—the Lord is Peace, Jehovah Rapha—The Lord Who Heals You, Yahweh Tsuri—The Lord Is My Rock, Abba—Father, and many more. The name “El Elyon” means The Lord Most High. God is the highest. He reigns above all. He hung the stars in my night sky. He is my Father, my father’s Father, the highest.
I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high. Psalm 7:17
Meeting God at the Park 