Sunday 09/11/05 - Psalm 8

I am usually writing my reflection on a Psalm the day before you read it. Basically, I write it Saturday and you read it Sunday. I had a chance to go the married couple retreat. It was a great blessing. I really believe God is going to do some great things through this ministry. If you are not involved I want to challenge you to get involved. It will be good for your spiritual life and your marriage. Contact Pastor Kurt and don’t miss our next event and the family group. We will be having two groups this fall.

This Psalm is special to me because I heard it as a song on one of my first Christian album. I played it over and over again. As a young Christian, I really loved Christian music. It helped me tremendously in my spiritual growth. Some of the music sounded a little “cheesy” but the words were powerful and uplifting.

This Psalm does a great job of painting our God as the majestic and all glorious God who desires intimacy with us. This is captured in v. 4, “What is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?”

It is true why does God spend time wanting to invest into us. Why does He love us so? It is an incredible mystery. God of the universe is mindful of you and I. He wants the best for us. He sent His Son, Jesus to die for us. Why? This Psalm reflects on this great mystery and praise God for it.

Many times we spend time wondering why God has not given us this or that. But we should spend more time reflecting on God’s amazing love and care for us. He has given us too much! He has given us Jesus. Notice that David begins and ends with “O Lord, our Lord how majestic is your name in all the earth!” As we understand the great heart of our God we should lift of the same praise that is stated in this Psalm.

For the director of music. According to gittith.

A psalm of David.

1 O LORD, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory
above the heavens.

2 From the lips of children and infants
you have ordained praise
because of your enemies,
to silence the foe and the avenger.

3 When I consider your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you have set in place,

4 what is man that you are mindful of him,
the son of man that you care for him?

5 You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings
and crowned him with glory and honor.

6 You made him ruler over the works of your hands;
you put everything under his feet:

7 all flocks and herds,
and the beasts of the field,

8 the birds of the air,
and the fish of the sea,
all that swim the paths of the seas.

9 O LORD, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!

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