Stargazing

Date: Saturday, January 10, 2026

Genesis 15 is for anyone who feels like God’s promises are stuck in the mail or lost in the system. Abram is older, tired, and increasingly skeptical. He’s looking at his empty nursery and his aging body, wondering if God actually meant what He said or if he’s just been hallucinating. God doesn’t give him a lecture; He takes him outside and says, “Look at the stars.” It’s a moment of cosmic connection. God doesn’t give him a timeline or a map; He gives him a relationship and an unconditional covenant. The darkness of the night wasn’t an absence of God; it was the canvas for God’s promise. It’s a reminder that God’s “not yet” is not a “no.”

Psalm 10 echoes the raw frustration of waiting. “Why, Lord, do you stand far off?” It’s an edgy, honest cry that challenges the plastic, “everything’s fine” version of Christianity that we often try to sell. We live in the tension between the “stars” (the promise) and the “wicked” (the reality of suffering and the apparent silence of God). The theological connection here is profound: God isn’t moved by our doubt or skepticism. He enters into the covenant ceremony while Abram is in a deep sleep, proving that the fulfillment of the promise depends on God’s integrity, not ours. Even when we are paralyzed by the dark or fast asleep in the night, God is still at work securing our future.

Devotional Prompts:

When was the last time you were brutally honest with God about your disappointment?
How does knowing that the covenant depends on God’s faithfulness (and not yours) change your perspective on your failures?
In what areas of your life are you currently stargazing, waiting for a promise that hasn’t arrived yet?
How can you support someone else who is currently in their own dark night of the soul?

Prayer: Faithful God, when the darkness feels heavy and Your promises seem far away, remind us through the stars. Give us the endurance to wait without losing heart, and the honesty to cry out to You in our pain. We trust in Your unbreakable covenant, made sure in Jesus. Amen.