With great jubilation in the NASA control centre... - All The Good Seed Daily Devotionals for 2026

How then can man be righteous before God? ... Even ... the stars are not pure in His sight; how much less man, who is a maggot, and the son of man, who is a worm?
Job 25:4–6

With great jubilation in the NASA control centre, on February 18, 2021, the Mars rover “Perseverance” landed on the red planet. What drives us small humans to such a costly and risky undertaking?

How apt is the comparison in today’s verse!

In view of the vastness of the universe, do we, with our limited horizon, not resemble a worm trying to cross an asphalt road? Nevertheless, the eternal Creator God is not indifferent to us. No, He cares about us! He has already called to His earthly people Israel, “Fear not, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel! I will help you, says the LORD” (Isaiah 41:14).

But how will the great Creator help us? When the Son of God came to earth as a man, He explained it to Nicodemus: “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:14).

Jesus Christ, the Son of God, gave His life for us on the cross so that we may be saved and receive eternal life. For this, He had to become a man, even a worm, as predicted in Psalm 22:6: “But I am a worm, and not man”. Thus, everyone who believes in the Lord Jesus can testify, like Paul:

“The Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me” (Galatians 2:20).

Today’s reading: Jeremiah 20:1-18 · Luke 24:1-12