Psalm 8

I love psalm 8! It paints such a POWERFUL picture for us of how puny we are in God’s sight, but how blessed we are in the fact that He still bestows great honor and responsibility on us. The psalmist begins with the thought that even infants have an understanding of the praise worthiness of God. He then points us to the vastness of the heavens and what they contain. When the psalmist think about these things it causes him to ask “what is man?!?!”

We sometimes start to think we are really something. We act as though we are ALL THAT MATTTERS and the world revolves around us. In fact, man used to believe that everything in the universe revolved around the earth. It was almost like a subtle form of self worship. But what’s the truth? We know that in our solar system everything revolves around the SUN. The sun is our source of light and heat; it is the thing that gives us LIFE.

I believe that God’s design here is intentional. He is described in scripture as both FIRE and LIGHT, and holiness is described using both of those attributes. The psalmist sees God’s creation and remembers that it is GOD that really matters! Everything we are, everything we know is totally dependant on HIM.

It doesn’t end here for the psalmist though… he goes on to describe how God has blessed us, and given us a very special role. We are ABOVE all other creatures on earth, for we are SPIRITUAL CREATURES. God made us a little lower than the angels, and He crowned us with GLORY. We are made to be like HIM, to reflect HIM in the world around us.

Take a look at the world around you, and be reminded that life isn’t about you; it is about God and your ability to reflect His glory!